We cannot threaten the United States' full faith and credit for the first time in our history.
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The majority were expecting to cut the supply of business loans, mortgages and consumer credit in the first few months of 2012.
When the credit markets imploded in August in the first phase of the credit crunch, McMoRan was still trying to raise capital to complete the Newfield transaction.
So, for instance, a risk-averse investor could choose to buy the tranche that exposes him to credit risk only after the first 10% of credit losses have been absorbed by other investors.
Another is the credit for first-time homebuyers that went off the books after 2010.
The credit rating downgrade, the first in the history of the US, is being seen as a major embarrassment for Mr Obama's administration and could raise the cost of US government borrowing.
The shake-out from the global credit squeeze led to the first run on a British bank for generations.
Then, thanks to federal stimulus efforts and short-lived programs like the tax credit for first-time home buyers, there were signs of demand recovery in the first half of 2010.
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That starts with creating a consumer-credit culture in the first place, plus many of the things lenders take for granted in North America, like individual credit histories, and finely tuned risk-based pricing where the riskiest customers pay the highest interest rates, to cover expected losses.
The first machines went to Credit Suisse First Boston in December 2001, followed by shipments to the Department of Homeland Security, J.
Nitnin Parekh, 34, the regional strategist for Credit Suisse First Boston in Hong Kong, was among the first to turn positive on Asia.
None of these problems is unique to the UK. But Britain happens to be the first Western nation to host the Games since the credit crunch, so it is we who are also the first to be tested.
While this is certainly not the first foray into linking a Twitter account to a credit card, this is the first time consumers are able to directly purchase something just through tweeting a hashtag.
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The credit will only apply to the first 100 gallons of Shell fuel purchased with your Shell Platinum Select MasterCard in that billing cycle.
If you've blown out the credit cards, it makes more sense to pay off the bank first because credit card interest rates are crushing.
And customers continued to throng credit unions in the first three months of this year.
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Banks and credit unions preferred the first alternative: less competition means higher prices.
In August, U.S. consumer credit dropped for the first time in a decade.
Shares in UBS have fallen 13% since August 14, when the financial market turmoil related to the credit crunch first started.
For those earning credit via ads, commercials are queued according to value-per-second, meaning the ones that earn credit the quickest come first.
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He said before the credit crunch first time buyers had to find a deposit at 11% of their mortgage, but now that figure was 25%.
For couples saddled with student loans and huge credit card bills the first impulse may be to let saving for the future take a backseat while you pay off your debt.
Bank credit extension in the first quarter of this year has slowed, accounting for just under 5% of GDP in the first for loans in Chinese yuan, down from 6.5% of GDP in the first quarter 2010.
Business has been further dented this year, argues Sanjeev Gupta, the head of credit derivatives at Credit Suisse First Boston, because credit spreads the extra amount that corporate bonds yield over government bonds have been high and volatile.
In fact, the total national amount of student loan debt outpaced credit card debt for the first time in history last year.
The Philippines has been given an investment grade from a credit ratings agency for the first time, a move expected to boost investment.
There are also provisions in this legislation that would extend the tax credit for first-time homebuyers, as well as tax cuts to keep research and development jobs here in the United States.
Budget deficits have thrown the credit worthiness of governments all over the first world into question.
Some financial experts recommend you pay off the credit card with the highest interest rate first.
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