CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION ACT
Act that determine and outline the standards applied to national banks. An amendment to the National Bank Act, it seeks to increase oversight and clarify the laws that govern financial transactions to protect consumers from these transactions. This legislation led to the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which regulates various financial products and services.
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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 |
