Tag: 2013

What is 'Keidanren' A Japanese abbreviation for the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations. The Keidanren was created in 1946 to address the...

DefinitionKanban is a scheduling system for lean manufacturing and just-in-time manufacturing. Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed kanban to improve manufacturing efficiency....

DefinitionHeadline inflation is a measure of the total inflation within an economy, including commodities such as food and energy prices, which tend to be...

What is 'In The Pink' An informal expression used to describe a situation in which an investor or an economy is in...

DefinitionThe combination of payroll taxes withheld from a household employee and the employment taxes paid by their employer are commonly referred to as the...

What is 'Rationalization' Rationalization is a reorganization of a company in order to increase its efficiency. This reorganization may lead to an expansion or reduction...

What is 'Paper Trade' A paper trade refers to using simulated trading to practice buying and selling securities without actual money being...

What is 'Vault Receipt' A document frequently used as a delivery instrument to indicate ownership of precious metals stored in a bank,...

What is 'General And Administrative Leverage' A variable within a cost benefit analysis of an acquisition where the potential reduction in overall...

What is a 'Dealer Market' A financial market mechanism wherein multiple dealers post prices at which they will buy or sell a...