That pushes the effective U.S.-only cash dividend payout ratio to close to 50%.
When this is taken into account, the debt-servicing ratio is close to its previous peak when the base rate stood at 15%.
In practice, Germany does not always take an absolutist view: it was one of the first countries to breach the euro's rules on deficits, and its debt-to GDP ratio is close to the euro-area average, higher than that of wobbly Spain.
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Analysts believe the lender could have a core tier one capital ratio of close to 20 per cent initially, falling to 9 per cent -- the level required by the troika agreement -- in three years' time once losses have been incurred and recognised.
The UltraWide Monitor's 21:9 aspect ratio is very close to the dimensions of movie theater screens.
"In Thailand, the loan-to-deposit ratio is already close to 100%, " says Rountree.
If we assume the same ratio of car buyers is close to 70% of those that can afford them, this potential market is around 27.2 million cars on the road over the next 8 years and translates to around 16-17 million additional cars sold.
Colgate has an impressive cash conversion ratio (free cash flows as a % of sales) of close to 14%.
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But in states that already have expanded Medicaid (prior to Obamacare) to close to poverty, it is easily possible that there will be a much higher ratio of near-poor would-be Medicaid eligible than would-be eligibles with incomes below poverty.
The U.S. budget deficit is close to 10% of gross domestic product today, and its debt-to-GDP ratio has spiked by 20 percentage points in under two years.
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In another measure, the ratio of price to tangible book value (shareholders' equity minus intangibles like goodwill), Citi is close to typical at 3.6.
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