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Financial Obligation Ratio
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Financial Obligation Ratio
In personal finance, the ratio of mortgage payments, consumer debt payments, car payments and other debt to total disposable income. The financial obligation ratio shows how easily a person can make his/her debt service each month. This shows how likely a person is to default, which may affect his/her ability to take on more debt.
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One measure of consumer indebtedness, the consumer financial obligations ratio, which is the ratio of consumer debt payments to disposable personal income, was 5.
The availability and profitability of credit cards by Cherny, Kent; Ergungor, O. Emre / Economic Trends
The second was to create a broader measure of household liabilities, the financial obligations ratio (FOR), which added recurring obligations--rent, auto leases, homeowners' insurance, and property taxes--that had not traditionally been included in the calculation of the DSR.
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