The financial world craves the stability of low debt encumbered countries no matter how small.
They have high saving rates and low debt levels compared with their peers in Britain and America.
But their low debt levels and responsible governance go a long way too.
The euro area's consumers have high savings and low debt by rich-world standards but are nervous all the same.
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And both parties get what they want at a discount price, since MCI's bankruptcy proceedings left it with relatively low debt.
Investors are better off finding companies with solid fundamentals, low debt, and good cash flows, almost as if investing in equities.
Putin essentially said that the country would take gradual steps to reform, and would stick to its current conservative fiscal policy of low debt.
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We like that you have low debt and we want to do more business here, and we want to do more of it without the dollar.
The chancellor has argued that for a country like Britain with relatively low debt and a run-down public infrastructure, it makes sense to borrow to invest.
The mood only began to change once the crisis hit Spain, a country that had previously had a budget surplus, low debt and an admired banking regulator.
It has low debt and thus time to improve profits.
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Herro looks for stocks with low debt and solid fundamentals.
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"We look for high cash, low debt, and screen for management quality and efficiency, " Callahan says, adding that he considers direct meetings with companies' executive spinmeisters a waste of time.
Finally, my Warren Buffett-based model also sees a lot to like about CHL. It targets firms with lengthy histories of annual earnings increases, low debt, and high returns on equity.
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For in reality, Cyprus -- one of the smallest economies in the eurozone -- has a manageable fiscal deficit, low debt and until very recently a thriving economy, based on financial services and tourism.
See which government bonds have low debt-to-GDP, preferably under 30%, with low budget deficits and a current account surplus or strong current account balance in a country that is growing at least 3% GDP annually.
Indeed these SE Asian nations are now ripe to take the high ground in world economics with low debt, high investment power and now knowing that innovation is the golden key to capturing economic supremacy.
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Tirelessly stumping from mountain meadow to beer hall, Mr Stoiber fired off figures aiming to show Bavaria is a paragon of low crime, low debt and low unemployment (6.5%, against a national rate of 10.6%), attractive to investors and holiday-makers alike.
Only by taking this step can we ensure that the Government lives within its means and only by ensuring that Government lives within its means can we build the low tax, low debt economy that will be able to compete in the world and help create jobs wealth and opportunity for our people in the future.
Overall municipal debt is relatively low and debt burden (the ratio of how much is paid on debt service relative to total budget) averages under 5% according to the most recent U.S. Census data.
It is possible that if they did, it would dwarf the difference between growth in high- and low-debt countries.
He left office with a country that had 22.2 million new jobs, a budget surplus, and low national debt.
Just six of these low-debt outfits that have PE ratios below 20, in fact, but they include some juicy names.
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The country had low public debt and its earlier boom had prepared the public for the risk of a bust.
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In addition to low fiscal debt and political stability, the country's exports grew 17% in 2011 compared with a year earlier.
With its strong tourism and financial services sector, the archipelago has relatively low unemployment, a good growth rate and low government debt.
Such preferential treatment is only possible because current interest rates are so low and debt service represents only about 10% of total revenue.
Every major company has taken advantage of the lowest interest rates in our lifetime to lock in low cost debt for years to come.
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