INITIAL CLAIMS
Measure of the number of unemployment claims filed by individuals who seek to receive state jobless benefits. Financial analysts closely monitor this report because it gives insight into the economy’s direction. Higher initial claims denote weakening economy.
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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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Getting to Know The Federal Reserve
The world’s largest economy in the world is the economy of the United States and running it, keeping it in check, and making sure that it doe ...
Ethical Investing: Niche Investment Style
Over the past two years, sustainable, responsible, and impact investing (SRI) has grown significantly in the United States. Based on the US SIF Fou ...
An Introduction to Student Loans
A college education is one of the most essential investment in a person’s life. Unfortunately, in this time and age, it has also become one o ...
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 ...
Principles of Trading: Risk Management
It is imperative for traders to master risk management, which includes knowing how much you could lose per trade or over time and evaluating the pe ...
ECONOMIC CALENDAR
| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Leading Indicators | Jan | |
| 10:00 | Ifo Business Climate Index | Mar | |
| 10:00 | Ifo Current Assessment | Mar | |
| 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 | |
| 02:30 | Retail Sales | Feb |
