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  • adjective economics Subject to excessive leverage

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Examples

  • Oh, and also look up overleveraging which is what brought down Lehman [IE they didnt have the capital reserves to stay afloat they were 'overleveraged']

    Think Progress » European-American Fox News host complains that we’re turning into Europeans, who are a ‘pack of Pagan losers.’ 2010

  • We became familiar with terms such as overleveraged, mortgage backed securities, recession and liquidity crisis.

    Is The Stock Market Rigged? Stephen Abraham 2010

  • We became familiar with terms such as overleveraged, mortgage backed securities, recession and liquidity crisis.

    Is The Stock Market Rigged? 2010

  • That the "overleveraged" U.S. can maintain its economic leadership.

    Sneak Peek: Tim W. Ferguson On The Global Economy Tim W. Ferguson On The Global Economy 2006

  • America and Britain had the same kind of overleveraged investment banks repackaging the same sort of no-money-down and interest-only mortgages that the Continent largely shunned.

    DealBook 2008

  • "overleveraged", having taken on too much debt and "quantitative easing", the introduction of new money in to the money supply by the central bank, among those included.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

  • "overleveraged," having taken on too much debt and "quantitative easing," the introduction of new money in to the money supply by the central bank, among those included.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • "overleveraged" portfolio companies have or will default at rates that are several times higher than those of similar businesses.

    All News Articles 2010

  • "overleveraged," having taken on too much debt and "quantitative easing," the introduction of new money in to the money supply by the central bank, among those included.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • Credit crisis-inspired words include "overleveraged" (taking on etoo much debt), "quantitative easing" (when the central bank introduces new money into the money supply), "toxic debt" (a debt with a high risk of default), 'staycation ", a holiday spent in your own country, and

    J-Source - Articles 2010

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