ability to repay in foreign exchange 外汇偿付能力
an individual’s financial capacity to make good on a debt in foreign exchange.Specifically,the phrase“ability to repay”was used in the 2010Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in Title XIV,the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act,to describe the requirement that mortgage originators substantiate that potential borrowers can afford the mortgage they are applying for.Originators are required to look at a borrower’s total current income and existing debt,for example,to make sure that the existing debt plus the potential mortgage debt,property taxes and required insurance do not exceed a stated percentage of the borrower’s income.