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Glossary of terms related to Economics.

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Adverse selection [r]: a partial market failure that occurs when there are traders who take advantage of asymmetric information, raising uncertainty and leading to a reduction in the value of its products. ^[e]
Arbitrage [r]: transactions to take advantage of a price differences of a product in different markets by buying where it is cheap and selling where it is dear. The possibility of arbitrage often prevents the occurrence of price differences. ^[e]
Asymmetric information [r]: a situation in which a seller has information that is not available to potential buyers - or vice-versa. ^[e]
Automatic stabilisers [r]: the tendency in times of falling economic activity for the government spending to rise, and for tax receipts to fall - and the reverse tendency in times of rising economic activity ^[e]
"Bad bank" [r]: Add brief definition or description
Banking panic [r]: A widespread fear of insolvency because of uncertainty concerning the true value of banking assets. ^[e]
Base money - see Monetary base
Basis point [r]: (bp) one hundredth of a percentage point . ^[e]
Beta [r]: A measure of the degree to which the rate of return of a share tracks that of the equity market as a whole (defined as the covariance between the share's rate of return and the average market rate, divided by the variance of the market rate). If beta = 1 the share's rate of return moves in line with the market rate; if it is negative, it falls when the market rate rises. ^[e]
Bill (finance) [r]: {a) A loan with a duration of no more than a year (b)a documentary record of short-term indebtedness. ^[e]
Bill of Exchange [r]: A written order to pay the holder a stated sum of money at a stated date (otherwise known as a "draft", the person who is paid being termed the "drawer"). ^[e]
Bond (finance) [r]: a fixed-interest security issued by governments, companies, banks and others. ^[e]
Broad money [r]: cash, current account deposits in banks and other financial institutions, savings deposits and time-restricted deposits (see also high-powered money). ^[e]
Budget balance [r]: the difference between a central government's revenue and its expenditure in a given financial year. Conventions differ concerning the items that are included, and various cyclical adjustments can be made to identify its discretionary element.. ^[e]
Budget deficit [r]: the excess of a government's expenditures over its receipts. See also cyclically-adjusted budget deficit ^[e]
Capital (banking) [r]: A bank's assets minus its liabilities. ^[e]
Carry trading [r]: the practice of borrowing at a low interest rate in order to invest at a higher interest rate, or of selling the currency of a country that has low interest rates and buying the currency of a country that has high interest rates. ^[e]
CDS - see Credit Default Swap
CDS spread [r]: the annual percentage charge for a credit default swap ^[e]
Central Bank [r]: A government agency that is responsible for monetary policy and the support of the banking system (for example the Federal Reserve Board and the Bank of England). Usually responsible for controlling a country's monetary policy and preserving the value of its currency. ^[e]
Commercial paper [r]: Add brief definition or description
Complex interactive system [r]: Add brief definition or description
Contagion (banking) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Consumer surplus [r]: Add brief definition or description
Corporation [r]: Add brief definition or description
Cost_of_capital [r]: Add brief definition or description
Covariance [r]: Add brief definition or description
Covered bond [r]: Add brief definition or description
Credit crunch [r]: Add brief definition or description
Credit default swap [r]: Add brief definition or description
Credit risk [r]: Add brief definition or description
Crowding out [r]: Add brief definition or description
Currency board [r]: Add brief definition or description
Cyclically-adjusted budget deficit [r]: Add brief definition or description
Debt_instrument [r]: Add brief definition or description
Debt trap [r]: Add brief definition or description
Deflation [r]: Add brief definition or description
Deleveraging [r]: Add brief definition or description
Derivative [r]: Add brief definition or description
Discount window [r]: Add brief definition or description
Discount_rate [r]: Add brief definition or description
Fallacy of composition (economics) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Fiat money [r]: Add brief definition or description
Financial asset [r]: Add brief definition or description
Financial_Intermediary [r]: Add brief definition or description
Financial_regulator [r]: Add brief definition or description
Fiscal gap [r]: Add brief definition or description
Fiscal stimulus [r]: Add brief definition or description
Fiscal sustainability [r]: Add brief definition or description
Freddie Mac [r]: Add brief definition or description
Full employment deficit [r]: Add brief definition or description
Generational accounts [r]: Add brief definition or description
Great moderation [r]: Add brief definition or description
Hedging [r]: Add brief definition or description
Herding (banking) [r]: Add brief definition or description
High-powered money [r]: Add brief definition or description
Insolvency [r]: Add brief definition or description
Interbank market [r]: Add brief definition or description
Interest rate risk [r]: Add brief definition or description
Internal rate of return [r]: Add brief definition or description
IS-LM model [r]: Add brief definition or description

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