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- verb Present participle of
overleverage .
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Examples
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Government backstops are an invitation to recklessness and overleveraging, which is why the Administration wants to impose a new array of regulations and to have a big say in Wall Street pay packages.
Forbes.com: News 2010
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Government backstops are an invitation to recklessness and overleveraging, which is why the Administration wants to impose a new array of regulations and to have a big say in Wall Street pay packages.
Forbes.com: News 2010
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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']
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As far as economy goes, Tice argues it's dysfunctional, asserting that the excesses -- such as overleveraging and the government's issuance of excessive credit to grow GDP, leading to excessive borrowing and consumption for more than two decades -- still have to be worked out.
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As far as economy goes, Tice argues it's dysfunctional, asserting that the excesses -- such as overleveraging and the government's issuance of excessive credit to grow GDP, leading to excessive borrowing and consumption for more than two decades -- still have to be worked out.
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As far as economy goes, Tice argues it's dysfunctional, asserting that the excesses -- such as overleveraging and the government's issuance of excessive credit to grow GDP, leading to excessive borrowing and consumption for more than two decades -- still have to be worked out.
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As far as economy goes, Tice argues it's dysfunctional, asserting that the excesses -- such as overleveraging and the government's issuance of excessive credit to grow GDP, leading to excessive borrowing and consumption for more than two decades -- still have to be worked out.
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The same kind of overleveraging, risky loans, toxic securities and real-estate bubble that has rocked the US financial system infected Europe - which is why European schadenfreude quickly turned to desperate and (until now) poorly coordinated attempts to shore up Europe's banks.
PrairiePundit 2008
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In some other cases, brokers have tried to blame Lehman for overleveraging itself and eventually driving the company into bankruptcy, but the arbitration panels have been unsympathetic.
Lehman Pursues Former Brokers' Bonuses Joseph Checkler 2011
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Like a minimum down payment, this reduces overleveraging and means Texas wasn't hurt as badly by the housing crash as other states.
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