Word: ratios
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...spending your way out of crisis has its limitations. Next year, Japan's public debt is expected to rise to 197% of GDP, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). That would make Japan's debt ratio the highest among OECD nations and nearly twice that of the U.S. "If they spend money without reform, they can get growth," says Curtis. "But they will just increase the deficit and it won't be sustainable...
...result, more cars are being taken off the road than are being manufactured. There are 245 million to 250 million vehicles on the road in the U.S., and roughly 5% are scrapped every year. Even with improved vehicle quality, that ratio is not really budging. Stuff wears out. So some 12 million to 12.5 million vehicles disappear annually; yet this year, no more than 9 million are being built to replace them. Next year, production will be 10 million or so, still less than the removal rate...
...current sales are replacement vehicles, demand will push past 13 million cars by 2012. O.K., so assume that some people will drive less, run their cars into the ground or - gulp - give up driving. You still don't lose much. What's known in the industry as "density" - the ratio of vehicles to drivers - continues to increase...
...government to take on most of the downside risk while evenly sharing the rewards with hedge funds, money managers and other buyers. In the loan-buying program, private investors would put up 7% of the capital for a shot at close to 50% of the gains. The ratio in the securities-buying program isn't entirely set yet and will probably vary, but it should offer a similarly favorable risk-reward profile. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...investors may be mollified by their ability to secure relevant data on the underlying assets. For home loans, which will be eligible for securitization in future versions of TARP, this data could include the average FICO score of the borrowers, location of the property, the loan-to-value ratio of the loan, and whether the property is occupied. And, arguably, in the event faith is restored in the AAA-rated ABS market, liquidity for lower rated ABS may follow suit...