debt service
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Assessing a CCRC’s financial health involves checking metrics like 200 days cash on hand, 90% occupancy, net operating margin, and debt service coverage ratio of 1.3 to 1.4 times.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
Fitch also noted Argentina’s foreign currency debt service has stepped up and will rise further in 2027 ahead of elections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Of the $62 million in debt service payments the public had to make each year, $50 million had been coming from USAir, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in 2003.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
So Japan needs money for defense, stimulus, currency support and debt service — all at once.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
The Philippines' consistently large budget deficit has produced a high debt level and has forced Manila to spend a large portion of the national government budget on debt service.
From The 2005 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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