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71Federal Open Market Committee — The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a component of the Federal Reserve System, is charged under U.S. law with overseeing open market operations in the United States, and is the principal tool of US national monetary policy. (Open market… …
72open market operation — Any of the purchases and sales of government securities and commercial paper by a central bank in an effort to regulate the money supply and credit conditions. Open market operations can also be used to stabilize the prices of government… …
73Floating Interest Rate — An interest rate that is allowed to move up and down with the rest of the market or along with an index. This contrasts with a fixed interest rate, in which the interest rate of a debt obligation stays constant for the duration of the agreement.… …
74Subprime Market — The market for lenders and borrowers of subprime credit, a credit that is lent to people of questionable or limited credit histories. Includes the business of subprime mortgages, subprime auto loans and subprime credit cards, as well as various… …
75Loans and interest in Judaism — The combination of loans and interest, in Judaism, is a complicated and detailed subject. The biblical Hebrew terms for interest are neshekh (Heb.: נשך), literally meaning a bite , in reference to its painfulness to the debtor, and marbit /… …
76Bond Market Association (BMA) Swap — A type of swap arrangement in which two parties agree to exchange interest rates on debt obligations, where the floating rate is based on the bond market association s swap index. One of the parties involved will swap a fixed interest rate for a… …
77Federal Open Market Committee Meeting - FOMC Meeting — The meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) that occurs eight times a year. In the FOMC meeting, the FOMC, consisting of 12 members, determines near term monetary policy. The changes that are decided on, are announced immediately… …
78stock market — noun an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑stock exchange, ↑securities market • Members of this Topic: ↑bullish, ↑bearish, ↑fundamental analysis, ↑ …
79capital market — Traditionally, this has referred to the market for trading long term debt instruments (those that mature in more than one year). That is, the market where capital is raised. More recently, capital markets is used in a more general context to… …
80Exchange (organized market) — An exchange (or bourse) is a highly organized market where (especially) tradable securities, commodities, foreign exchange, futures, and options contracts are sold and bought. Contents 1 Description 2 History 3 See also 4 Notes …
