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Vanguard’s Cunniffe is also constructive on investment-grade bonds and says the expensive valuations are justified given the state of the economy and healthy corporate balance sheets.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
To reflect such a commitment, the firm is expected to estimate the present value of such obligations as a liability in its balance sheet.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Those factors added to its struggles connected with an overleveraged balance sheet and rising interest expenses.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Given that housing accounts for about 70 percent of the assets of Chinese families and mortgages represent approximately 75 percent of household debt, any measures aimed at stabilizing home prices and decreasing financing costs are likely to strengthen household balance sheets.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1771, in the meaning defined above
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“Balance sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20sheet. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Legal Definition
balance sheet
noun
bal·ance sheet
: a statement of financial condition at a given date
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