The role of personal relationships in borrowing, saving and over-indebtedness: a life course perspective. In: Sharing lives, dividing assets: an inter-disciplinary study Andrea Finney Facing the ...

The term over-indebtedness is used to describe debt which has become a major burden for the borrower. It can be caused by, and contributes to, social exclusion, financial exclusion and poverty. In ...

Professor James’s research challenges common assumptions about indebtedness, demonstrating how the structures propping up ‘credit apartheid’ in South Africa disadvantage its victims by enabling ...

Flagging the issue of household indebtedness, the Congress on Thursday said the root cause of such a "deep-seated" malaise was the stagnation in real wages and claimed the government had failed to ...

Reasonable levels of external debt that help finance productive investment may be expected to enhance growth, but beyond certain levels additional indebtedness may reduce growth. An IMF study ...

Economic activity came to a sudden halt due to the COVID‑19 pandemic. This has resulted in widespread income losses, creating a challenging situation for many Canadian households, especially those ...

At the start of the COVID‑19 pandemic, Canada was facing two significant and interrelated financial vulnerabilities: imbalances in the housing market and elevated household indebtedness. These two ...