CONFERENCE OF STATE BANK SUPERVISORS - CSBS
Independent organization which optimizes the ideas and professionalism among state banking departments. Founded in 1902, it also represents the interests of state banking to the state legislative and regulatory agencies.
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Risk-Weighted Assets
In terms of the minimum amount of capital that is required within banks and other institutions, based on a percentage of the assets, weighted by ri ...
Pigovian Tax
A special tax that is imposed on companies that pollute the environment, which is called negative externalities. Sin tax is a Pigovian tax, which i ...
Moving Average Convergence Divergence - MACD
A trend-following indicator that exhibits the relationship between two smoothed moving averages of prices. To compute, subtract the 26-day exponent ...
Golden Life Jacket
Compensation package offered by the acquiring firm to top executives of the company being acquired. The same with stay bonus, it aims to retain tho ...
Bank Insurance Fund - BIF
Unit of the FDIC providing protections to the insurance for the banks that are not classified as a savings and loan association.
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Digesting Financial Statements: Working Capital
Analysts and investors look at the working capital and its trends to measure a company’s financial performance. This metric determines a busi ...
A Guide to Your Personal Income Tax: Essentials
In the United States, the progressive tax system is one of the most important yet misunderstood concepts of tax planning. Whenever people are asked ...
Introduction to Ethical Investing
Since time immemorial, investors look after better profits and income paying stocks. While many consider themselves as ethical investors, the commo ...
An Introduction to Stocks
Imagine this: you are a company owner, you get income but you don’t go to work, you just do what you want and the money keeps coming in. This ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Long-Lasting Liabilities
Long-lived liabilities refer to obligations which are due more than a year. Some examples of long-term debt include convertible bond and capital le ...
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| 08:00 | Prelim Machine Tool Orders | Mar | |
| 10:00 | New Yuan Loans | Mar | |
| 11:00 | Retail Sales | Feb | |
| 13:00 | MPC Member Andy Haldane Speaks | ||
| 15:00 | MPC Member Silvana Tenreyro Speaks | ||
| 16:30 | Overview of business prospects, according to the Bank of Canada | 1 quarter | |
| 16:30 | Bank of Canada Interest Rate Decision | 1 quarter | |
| 19:00 | FOMC Member Eric Rosengren Speaks | ||
| 19:01 | 10-y Bond Auction | Apr |
