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Finanzierungsexzesse

English translation: surplus funds


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German term or phrase:Finanzierungsexzesse
English translation:surplus funds
Entered by: Tony Smith
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21:52 Sep 2, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Real Estate
German term or phrase: Finanzierungsexzesse
Gewinn und Sicherheit des Engagements stehen in der Regel vor Volumenausweitung (obwohl uns vereinzelt auch wieder Finanzierungsexzesse angeboten werden).

This is from a business report on a real estate company.
hkeet
Local time: 17:37
surplus funds
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This is one of those German language terms where googling for the use of the term in other contexts doesn't yield much to add to your understanding of the idea that it conveys. Anyways, 'surplus funds' is what it seems to mean in your context.
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3excessive financing
David Hollywood
2surplus fundsTony Smith


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
excessive financing


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(Reuters) - Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti called excessive financing and oil and commodities speculation "the plague of the 21st century," adding his government was seeking to increase margin deposits on speculative contracts.

"Excessive financing, deviated financing, the excess of financing are the plague of the 21st century," Tremonti told La Padania, the Northern League political party's newspaper, in an interview published on Saturday, adding high oil prices were due to speculation.

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Lenders provided lavish, even excessive, financing based on unrealistic expectations of rising rents. And now that values are tumbling, ...

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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
surplus funds


Explanation:
This is one of those German language terms where googling for the use of the term in other contexts doesn't yield much to add to your understanding of the idea that it conveys. Anyways, 'surplus funds' is what it seems to mean in your context.

Tony Smith
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PRO pts in category: 4
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Sep 21, 2011 - Changes made by Tony Smith:
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