HARD CURRENCY
A stable and convertible currency that is accepted around the world as a form of payment for goods and services, such as the US dollar, Yen, or Euro.
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Floating Production Storage and Offloading
An acronym for Floating Production Storage and Offloading. FPSO is a floating vessel located near an oil platform, where oil is processed and store ...
Outside Broker
It may refer to a salesperson of a real estate who works for a competing real estate company. It may also refer to a securities broker who primaril ...
Plottage
A term in real estate that refers to the process of combining adjacent parcels to form one larger parcel. The value of the whole parcel will normal ...
Pairing Off
Pairing Off is an illegal activity done by a brokerage firm offsetting short and long position between house accounts through collecting cash payme ...
Mortgage Index
Benchmark interest rate on adjustable rate mortgages. Known as the entire indexed interest rate, it is composed of an index value plus margin. The ...
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Digesting Financial Statements: Introduction
Financial statements open a window how healthy a company is (in terms of finances). This document presents the financial activities of a person or ...
What is the Standard Moving Cost?
You concluded remodeling is expensive upon considering all important factors. So you decided to move to another house instead. But, is moving less ...
Connection of Inflation and Interest Rates
We cannot simply ignore the connectivity of inflation and interest rates. Both items are interrelated. So, whenever there is a news item about a co ...
Student Loans: Repaying Debts Faster
Student loans may not be paid overnight, but we want to pay it off in a fastest way possible. Is it possible?
Before anything else, one h ...
Introduction to Inflation
I asked my grandparents about the cost of living during World War II. They told me people during that period could buy a house for $5,000, a car fo ...
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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 |