Financial Terms Dictionary – Page 71 – itho's internet resources

Understanding Treasury Bill Auctions: Participation and Process Explained

By Itho August 14, 2009

[ad_1] What Is a Bill Auction? A bill auction—specifically, a Treasury bill auction—is a public event by the U.S. Treasury for selling Treasury bills (T-bills), which have maturities from one…

Production Externality: Definition, Measuring, and Examples

By Itho August 14, 2009

[ad_1] What Are Production Externalities? Production externality refers to a side effect from an industrial operation, such as a paper mill producing waste that is dumped into a river. Production…

What Is an Export Credit Agency (ECA)?

By Itho August 6, 2009

[ad_1] What Is an Export Credit Agency (ECA)? An export credit agency offers trade finance and other services to facilitate domestic companies' international exports. Most countries have ECAs that provide…

Deliquency Rate Definition, Tracking, and Reporting

By Itho July 9, 2009

[ad_1] What Is a Delinquency Rate? Delinquency rate refers to the percentage of loans within a financial institution's loan portfolio whose payments are delinquent. When analyzing and investing in loans,…

Types, Restrictions, Vs. Other Bonds

By Itho July 6, 2009

[ad_1] What Are Build America Bonds? Build America Bonds (BABs) were taxable municipal bonds that featured federal tax credits or subsidies for bondholders or state and local government bond issuers.…

What Does Cum Laude Mean? GPA and Other Criteria

By Itho July 6, 2009

[ad_1] What Is Cum Laude? The Latin term cum laude means "with distinction," "with praise," or "with honor." In the U.S. many colleges and universities use it to distinguish students…