ratio
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Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
We will hold these puts as long as the weighted put-call ratio for GE HealthCare’s stock remains on a sell signal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
That approach combines BMI, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and waist-to-hip ratio.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
The market appears to value Sembcorp Industries’ India business at around 9X forward enterprise value-to-Ebitda ratio, which could be raised through the IPO, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
One of these means yielded the most “beautiful” number in the world: the golden ratio.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
However, current liquidity coverage ratios should provide sufficient flexibility to manage funding and NIM pressures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The P/E ratios are based on rolling consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates among analysts polled by LSEG.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
To be sure, the expense ratios for equal-weighted funds are higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The table includes forward price-to-earnings ratios, which are based on Tuesday’s closing prices and consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
For example, the notes with frequency ratios of 9:8 and 10:9 and 11:10 are all written as whole steps.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vance has been repeatedly ratioed on X ever since, a small but telling sign that the usual outrage machine is misfiring.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
They also see in Ellis a persona who can laugh off getting ratioed amid a watch-your-step social media culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Cillizza’s tweet was ratioed, meaning the number of replies significantly outweighs the retweets and likes.
From Fox News ● May 6, 2019
Unfortunately for Schultz, people have been interested primarily in roasting him — and as HuffPo’s Ashley Feinberg noted, he may be the first Twitter user to be ratioed in every single one of his tweets.
From The Verge ● Jan. 30, 2019
Not surprisingly, this tweet immediately got ratioed, and the responses do little to support the restaurant’s claim that Rick and Morty has “the best fans in the multiverse.”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2017
Candy preference ratioing gets fierce during Spooky Season.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022
Never has so much ratioing left the internet all at once.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2017
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