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The adjustment of wages to compensate for inflation. It can be full, where wages are automatically ...
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The notion that if prices are rising and employees demand higher wages, production costs rise ...
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New York's financial centre in Manhattan. The name is often used as a label for the New York ...
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(1834 - 1910)Walras held the chair of economics in the Faculty of Law at Lausanne, 1870 - ...
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Taking on board a swap as principal until the right counterparty is found. In the sharemarket: ...
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An option issued in the form of a security, usually written for a longer term. A warrant has ...
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An undertaking that some aspect, for example the quality of goods sold, is as stated by the ...
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A foreign-exchange term used to describe a transaction where a lender is 'full' with a client ...
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Traders' bluff - buying time to put off an inevitable decision. They really mean they need ...
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A general term for taxes levied on selected aspects of wealth, for example land taxes (levied ...
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A type of oil, used as a benchmark in oil pricing and the underlying commodity of Nymex's ...
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A sudden movement in price rapidly followed by an equally sudden reversal.
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Market jargon for the saviour in a takeover play. The white knight usually buys a strategic ...
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A life assurance policy on which the assurance company pays out the insured amount plus any ...
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Borrowing and lending in big licks. Individuals are small fry, relying on 'piggy banks' at ...
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The measure of price changes in the wholesale market during the production processes before ...
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Generic term to describe any manufactured item, usually as a hypothetical example.
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Shares in a stable company that offer an attractive dividend and are regarded as secure long-term ...
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A document setting out how an individual wants his or her wealth and property to be distributed ...
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An unexpected benefit, often resulting from an event beyond the control of the recipient.
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See also: moral suasion.
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A term indicating it is attractive to borrow or lend, or enter into a swap or other transaction ...
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Arranging financial details, such as deposits, loans and portfolios, to give the best possible ...
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A tax on dividends and interest sent abroad to non-residents. Dividend withholding tax was ...
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An unsuspecting counterparty in a trade who is likely to unwittingly provide higher-than-anticipated ...
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A practice well established in the United States where getting some work done before the working ...
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What a business needs to pay for its day-to-day activities; the excess of current assets over ...
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See also: current ratio.
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The popular name for the Washington-based International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, ...
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The body overseeing and administering the international trade pact under which more than 100 ...
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A document issued by a court; usually applied to the document which begins a court action, ...
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A court direction to a court officer to ensure a judgment is carried out.
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To reduce the recorded (book) value of an asset or liability to take into account, for example, ...
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To eliminate the book value of an asset or liability. This would happen if a company or individual ...
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The seller of the options; the party who grants the purchaser of the option the right to buy ...
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Abbrev. West Texas Intermediate.
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