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Bailout Bond
What is 'Bailout Bond' A debt security issued by the Resolution Funding Corporation to bail out the savings and loan associations during...
Balance Of Trade (BOT)
What is 'Balance Of Trade - BOT' The balance of trade (BOT) is the difference between a country's imports and its exports...
Balance Of Payments (BOP)
What is the Balance of Payments (BOP)?
The balance of payments (BOP) is an accounting record of all monetary transactions between a country and the...
Crony Capitalism
DefinitionCrony capitalism is an economy in which businesses thrive not as a result of risks they take, but rather as a return on money...
Canadian Capital Markets Association (CCMA)
What is 'Canadian Capital Markets Association - CCMA' A nonprofit organization that was created to analyze issues arising in the Canadian and...
Currency Carry Trade
Currency carry trade refers to a strategy that is used by investors to sell currencies with low interest rates and purchase currencies with a...
Cancellation
What is 'Cancellation'
A cancellation is a notice made by a broker, to his client, informing him an erroneous trade was made and is being...
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Home Ownership by Country Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) What is 'Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation - CMHC' An organization sponsored...
Pale Recession
What is 'Pale Recession' A phrase used in May 2008 by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan to describe an economic...
Parity
What is 'Parity' Parity refers to two things being equal to each other. The term "par value" for a bond is similar...