interest burden

The interest burden to the taxpayer is the same in both cases.

"The real problem is the rate at which the interest burden is rising relative to economic growth," he said.

He hinted that the plan would seek to bring the company's interest burden more into line with today's lower interest rates.

Far too often the interest burden from borrowed capital cripples farmers and forces them into bankruptcy.

Along with health-care costs, the interest burden is the fastest-growing of all budget categories, swelling by around 10% a year.

"With short rates falling dramatically, interest burdens on these companies are falling every day," he said.

The re-financing has greatly reduced the group's interest burden.

The banks would put up the balance, thus reducing McCaw's interest burden.

Today the interest burden has zoomed to more than 50 cents for every dollar of pretax earnings.

Thereafter, the interest burden quickly fell to half that level, while this time around economists expect it to persist at 14 percent well into the 1990's.

Borrowers with a first-lien home equity line can pay off loans much more quickly than they would otherwise, and reduce their overall interest burden.

Lower interest rates would then encourage private investment and, by lowering the interest burdens on the Treasury, reduce the budget deficit.

The company's compound leverage factor is (Interest burden x Leverage).

In the 1950's and 60's the interest burden of American corporations averaged about 16 cents for every dollar of pretax earnings.

United could reduce the debt load and the accompanying interest burden by selling and then leasing back more of its aircraft.

You are responsible for the fact that we are paying an annual interest burden of 82 billion marks" - $45 billion.

Attacks may be made on the offeror's financial resources, gearing, capital structure, dividend policy, interest burden, profit performance, past history and takeover track record.

Mark Lieberman, the company's chairman and president, said Londontown hopes to restructure the debt to reduce its interest burden.

But we argue that recessionary deficits increase debt and long-term interest burdens, and therefore cannot be ignored.

To spend the surplus without paying down the debt sentences us to financing permanent government programs while continuing to shoulder the interest burden in perpetuity.

Measured against the size of the economy, those deficits and interest burdens would be smaller that those of the 1980's and early 1990's.

Opponents argue that the Government must still borrow money to replenish the insurance funds and that such borrowing creates higher long-term interest burdens.

While The Sun-Times does not publish or discuss its financial information, simple arithmetic suggests that its interest burden is heavy.

"The growing interest burden and bank-debt maturities have the potential to threaten the viability of the entire group of companies unless refinanced," the agency added.

Both the proposals in New York and New Jersey would also entail bond issues with huge interest burdens.