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 incurs when extending a credit or loan to an entity. Normally, it is expressed as a percentage of the outstanding loan. The bank is free to use the money in that account for other investment opportunities.
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Maximum Loan-to-Value Ratio
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Ratio used to differentiate a business’ performance against other industry members. The company’s analysts may use the ratio internally ...
Retention Bonus
A reward given to an employee that serves as an incentive to keep that key employee on the job during a significant business cycle, like a merger o ...
Infrastructure
Basic physical systems of a business or country such as roads, utilities, transportation, communication, sewage, and water and electric systems, am ...
Cost Control
Act of managing and/or reducing business expenditures done by determining the costs and evaluating if such expenses are affordable and reasonable. ...
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| 05:00 | Credit Card Spending | Mar | |
| 14:30 | Industrial Product Price Index | Mar | |
| 14:30 | New Housing Price Index | Mar | |
| 14:30 | Raw Materials Price Index | Mar | |
| 16:00 | Consumer Confidence | Apr | |
| 02:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Apr | |
| 02:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Apr | |
| 02:30 | PMI Composite | Apr | |
| 08:00 | Public Sector Net Borrowing | Mar |
