Tag: government
General Examination
What is 'General Examination' A regulatory measure set up to give a detailed examination of all aspects of a bank. The examination...
General Order (GO)
What is 'General Order - GO' A status given to imported goods that are missing the proper documentation or are not quickly...
Generic Securities
What are generic securities and why are they important
Generic securities are financial instruments that are not tied to a specific company or asset. Instead,...
General Agreements To Borrow (GAB)
What is 'General Agreements To Borrow - GAB' A borrowing/lending medium for members of the Group of Ten. Members of the lending...
Gen-Saki
What is 'Gen-Saki' A secondary market in Japan, also known as a repo market for its similarity to repurchase agreements. It is...
General Provisions
What are 'General Provisions'
General provisions are balance sheet items representing funds set aside by a company as assets to pay for anticipated future losses....
Generational Accounting
DefinitionGenerational accounting is a method of measuring the fiscal burdens facing today's and tomorrow's children. Laurence Kotlikoff's individual and co-authored work on the relativity...
Par Value
DefinitionPar value, in finance and accounting, means stated value or face value. From this come the expressions at par, over par and under par....
Takeout
DefinitionTake-out or takeout; carry-out; take-away, takeaways, parcel, refer to prepared meals or other food items, purchased at a restaurant, that the purchaser intends to...
Tax Arbitrage
What is 'Tax Arbitrage' The practice of profiting from differences between the way transactions are treated for tax purposes. The complexity of...