bank interest rate
1bank lending rate — UK US noun [C] BANKING, FINANCE ► the lowest rate of interest at which banks can lend money to other banks: »The overnight bank lending rate remained unchanged at 5% …
2Bank Discount Rate — The interest rate for short term money market instruments like commercial paper and Treasury bills. The bank discount rate is based on the instrument s par value and the amount of the discount. The bank discount rate is the required rate of… …
3bank base rate — The bank base rate is set by the Bank of England and determines the cost of borrowing money. This base rate is used by commercial banks as a reference point when setting their own base rates. An increase in the base rate will increase the rates… …
4Interest rate risk — is the risk (variability in value) borne by an interest bearing asset, such as a loan or a bond, due to variability of interest rates. In general, as rates rise, the price of a fixed rate bond will fall, and vice versa. Interest rate risk is… …
5Interest rate parity — is a no arbitrage condition representing an equilibrium state under which investors will be indifferent to interest rates available on bank deposits in two countries.[1] Two assumptions central to interest rate parity are capital mobility and… …
6Interest rate cap and floor — Interest rate c An interest rate cap is a derivative in which the buyer receives payments at the end of each period in which the interest rate exceeds the agreed strike price. An example of a cap would be an agreement to receive a payment for… …
7interest rate — interest ,rate noun count the percentage that an institution such as a bank charges or pays you in interest when you borrow money from it or keep money in an account: high/low interest rates: Consumers have been discouraged by high interest rates …
8Interest rate option — is a derivative financial instrument.The global market for exchange traded interest rate options is notionally valued by the Bank for International Settlements at $3,075,400 million in 2005. See also * Derivative (finance) …
9interest rate — interest .rate n the ↑percentage amount charged by a bank etc when you borrow money or paid to you by a bank when you keep money in an account there …
10Interest rate — Finance Financial markets Bond market …
