The Education Department says some of that goes to waste and leaves students in debt for educations of little or no value.

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Part of--this is the--it's not loan-to-value ratio-- this is the ratio of mortgage debt to personal consumption expenditure.

这并非贷款价值比率的问题,一定程度上,是抵押率的问题,即负债对个人消费支出的比率

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They became almost worthless because they were investing in subprime debt and the value of the debt collapsed and so these collapsed as well.

它们变的分文不值,因为它们投资次级债务,而这些债券价格一落千丈,所以这些银行也跟着倒下

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If we have deflation, debt grows in value, so we must reduce debt.

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Russell Croft, managers of the Croft Value and Croft Income funds, combine low earnings multiples with other indicators, such as cash flow, book value and debt-to-enterprise value.

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Deflation pushes up the real burden of debt, while the value of assets linked to that debt, such as house prices, may have to fall even more sharply in nominal terms to return to a fair level.

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