BLOCK GRANT
Money awarded, by a government, to state and local officials. Earmarked for a given project or projects, it outlines the guidelines for spending the granted money. State and local government also have their own guidelines and will distribute part of the grant to other organizations in some cases.
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Linearly Weighted Moving Average
A moving average that designates a greater weighting on recent price data than the common moving average does. To get the average, every closing pr ...
Compensating Balance
Minimum balance a customer must maintain in a bank account, normally non-interest bearing accounts. It is often used to offset some cost a bank inc ...
Tax Loss Carryforward
Negative profit in tax, which occurs when an individual or business’ expenses exceed their revenues. This is done by reducing the overall tax ...
Historical Cost
A measure of value used in accounting in which the price of an asset on the balance sheet is based on its nominal or original cost when acquired by ...
Check Conversion
Reformatting service which allows banks to exchange paper checks into electronic ones, then send those to the receiving bank. Offered by banking me ...
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| 02:00 | MI Inflation Gauge | Dec | |
| 02:30 | Retail Sales | Nov | |
| 03:30 | CPI | Dec | |
| 03:30 | PPI | Dec | |
| 11:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Jan | |
| 15:15 | Housing Starts | Dec | |
| 16:00 | MPC Member Silvana Tenreyro Speaks | ||
| 17:30 | Overview of business prospects, according to the Bank of Canada | 4 quarter | |
| 17:30 | Bank of Canada Interest Rate Decision | 4 quarter |
