What does overleveraged mean?
Overleveraged means (economics) Subject to excessive leverage (debt)..
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(economics) Subject to excessive leverage (debt)..
If there is one axiom of today's Pigovian pessimism it is the idea that after decades of decadent reliance on debt to goose up consumption, US consumers are structurally over leveraged. And that it may take a decade or more of pain to unwind the damage, during which time US consumption and GDP growth will be pitifully slow.
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Overleveraged means (economics) Subject to excessive leverage (debt)..
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Possible antonyms include underleveraged.
If there is one axiom of today's Pigovian pessimism it is the idea that after decades of decadent reliance on debt to goose up consumption, US consumers are structurally over leveraged. And that it may take a decade or more of pain to unwind the damage, during which time US consumption and GDP growth will be pitifully slow.
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