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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deleverage.

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Examples

  • But the capital increase won't help solve Aegon's other major problem: Its return on equity at just under 10% is below the 12%-13% European insurance industry average, and could fall further as it deleverages.

    Aegon Not Out of the Woods Yet Hester Plumridge 2011

  • As the consumer West deleverages its debt and high-saving export manufacturers like China move toward a consumer-oriented middle class transition, balancing out the disequilibrium will continue to produce more shocks over the coming years.

    Nathan Gardels: Can the G-20 Respond to Occupy Wall Street? Nathan Gardels 2011

  • Global liquidity is about to dry up again as the European banking system deleverages, the new head of the globe's banking-system watchdog warned, adding that the real economy will soon feel the impact.

    What's News— 2011

  • Nomura equity research said in a recent report that lending volume in Spain could remain negative until 2015, as the Spanish economy deleverages after a decade-long construction and real-estate boom.

    Banesto Profit Tumbles Christopher Bjork 2010

  • The longer we delay fixing the banks, the faster the economy deleverages, the more credit dries up, the further the stock market falls, the higher the ultimate bank bailout price tag for the American taxpayer, and the more we risk falling into a financial black hole from which escape could take decades.

    Wonk Room » Bank CEOs: Nationalization ‘Doesn’t Work,’ ‘A Mistake,’ ‘Would Be A Nightmare’ 2009

  • OTTAWA—Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said Tuesday that global liquidity is about to dry up again as the European banking system deleverages, and warned that the real economy will soon feel the impact.

    Global Liquidity 'on the Cusp' of Drying Up Nirmala Menon 2011

  • Saud Masud, head of research at UBS in Dubai, said: "We reiterate our view that despite being a strong net creditor, Abu Dhabi's economic engine will likely significantly slow down, especially as Dubai Inc. deleverages going forward."

    Abu Dhabi Defends Downgraded Companies Nour Malas 2010

  • Saud Masud, head of research at UBS in Dubai, said: "We reiterate our view that despite being a strong net creditor, Abu Dhabi's economic engine will likely significantly slow down, especially as Dubai Inc. deleverages going forward."

    Abu Dhabi Defends Downgraded Companies Nour Malas 2010

  • When the entire private sector deleverages, the economy faces the danger of falling into a deflationary spiral as saved funds and repaid loans sit unborrowed in the banking system.

    Now Isn't the Time To Privatize Japan Post Richard C. Koo 2010

  • Several brokers suggested that the bank will generate surplus capital as the economy recovers and the company deleverages its balance sheet.

    Investors press Lloyds Bank to sell off Scottish Widows 2010

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