liquidity preference theory of interest
1Liquidity Preference Theory — The idea that investors demand a premium for securities with longer maturities, which entail greater risk, because they would prefer to hold cash, which entails less risk. The more liquid an investment, the easier it is to sell quickly for its… …
2Liquidity preference — Finance Theory = John Maynard Keynes developed the Liquidity Preference of Interest in the General Theory of Employment Interest and Money. The primary consideration of the liquidity preference is the demand for money as an asset, as a means for… …
3liquidity preference — (in Keynesian economics) the degree of individual preference for cash over less liquid assets. [1935 40] * * * In economics, the premium that holders of wealth demand for exchanging ready money or bank deposits for safe, nonliquid assets such as… …
4Liquidity preference hypothesis — The argument that greater liquidity is valuable, all else equal. Also, the theory that the forward rate exceeds expected future interest rates. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
5liquidity preference hypothesis — The argument that greater liquidity is valuable, all else equal. Also, the theory that the forward rate exceeds expected future interest rates. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
6interest — /in teuhr ist, trist/, n. 1. the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne. 2. something that concerns, involves, draws the attention of, or… …
7capital and interest — ▪ economics Introduction in economics, a stock of resources that may be employed in the production of goods and services and the price paid for the use of credit or money, respectively. Capital in economics is a word of many meanings …
8Liquidity trap — A liquidity trap is a situation described in Keynesian economics in which injections of cash into an economy by a central bank fail to lower interest rates and hence to stimulate economic growth. A liquidity trap is caused when people hoard cash… …
9Interest rate — Finance Financial markets Bond market …
10Biased Expectations Theory — A theory that the future value of interest rates is equal to the summation of market expectations. Proponents of the biased expectation theory argue that the shape of the yield curve is created by ignoring systematic factors and that the term… …
