CREDIT CRISIS
Crisis which takes place when several financial institutions limit lending availability due to intra-bank lending restrictions from a central bank. As borrowers begin to default, the financial institutions that issued the loans no longer receive payments. It is followed by a period in which financial institutions set higher credit requirements for borrowers.
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Assumption Clause
A mortgage contract provision that permits the seller of a home to transfer the responsibility to the buyer of the home for its existing mortgage. ...
Odd Date
Odd date is a type of due date for foreign-exchange contracts. Odd dates are neither fixed nor spot dates. They are normally unrelated and random d ...
Mismatch
Generally speaking, it is an incorrect or unsuitably match. In banking, it pertains to a situation in managing assets and liabilities. It happens w ...
Organic Reserve Replacement
It is the measure of reserves of a company by their own exploration and production, not by their purchase of reserves. When an oil company has a hi ...
Community Reinvestment Act - CRA
Act encouraging depository institutions to help meet credit needs of the community, specifically low and moderate income neighborhoods. Enacted in ...
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Buying a Home: Writing an Offer
You’re down to the last four steps to buying your dream house. Now, you need to write an offer and the seller has to accept it. Take into acc ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Long-Lasting Assets
Long-lived assets, also known as non-current assets, is any asset a company expects to keep for at least one year. Such assets are expected to boos ...
Buying a Home: Looking for an Agent
You will need to find an agent if you want to purchase your dream house. These agents are the only ones who have access to lock box codes, which ar ...
Buying a Home: Everybody’s Goal
Since childhood, Selena has always dreamed of owning a large farm house surrounded with lots of animals – every kind of animal the world has ...
Inflation and Investments
“How does inflation affect my investments?”
Most investors ask this question, particul ...
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| 10:00 | IFO - Expectations | Mar | |
| 10:00 | M3 Money Supply | Feb | |
| 10:00 | Private Sector Credit | Feb | |
| 12:00 | CBI retail sales volume balance | Mar | |
| 01:01 | BRC Shop Price Index | Mar | |
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