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11Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …
12Net interest margin — (NIM) is a measure of the difference between the interest income generated by banks or other financial institutions and the amount of interest paid out to their lenders(for example, deposits), relative to the amount of their (interest earning)… …
13net interest margin — The amount of interest income minus interest expense, usually expressed as a percentage. The net interest margin percentage is calculated by dividing interest income less interest expense by average earning assets. If interest income includes tax …
14money — moneyless, adj. /mun ee/, n., pl. moneys, monies, adj. n. 1. any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits. 2. See paper money. 3. gold, silver, or other metal in pieces of convenient form stamped by public …
15economic stabilizer — Any of the institutions and practices in an economy that serve to reduce fluctuations in the business cycle through offsetting effects on the amounts of income available for spending (disposable income). The progressive income tax, unemployment… …
16The Millionaire Next Door — The book The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America s Wealthy (1996, ISBN 0 671 01520 6) is by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. This book is a compilation of research done by the two authors in the profiles of… …
17Alimony — For the 1949 film directed by Alfred Zeisler, see Alimony (film). Family law …
18Economic history of the People's Republic of China — Throughout most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as during much of earlier Chinese history, the economy was barely able to meet the basic needs of the country s huge population the largest in the world. In normal years the economy… …
19Net interest spread — refers to the difference in borrowing and lending rates of financial institutions (such as banks) in nominal terms. It is considered analogous to the gross margin of non financial companies. Net interest spread is expressed as interest yield on… …
20European Union withholding tax — The so called European Union withholding tax is a withholding tax which is deducted from interest earned by European Union residents on their investments made in another member state, by the state in which the investment is held. (The European… …
