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Financial services

Related to any service provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of organisations that deal with the management of money.

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special drawing Rights

Financial services; Finance

An international type of monetary reserve currency, created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1969, which operates as a supplement to the existing reserves of member ...

broad money

Financial services; Finance

In economics, broad money refers to the most inclusive definition of the money supply. Since cash can be exchanged for many different financial instruments and placed in various ...

narrow money

Financial services; Finance

A category of money supply that includes all physical money like coins and currency along with demand deposits and other liquid assets held by the central bank. In the United ...

velocity of money circulation

Financial services; Finance

The rate at which money is exchanged from one transaction to another, and how much a unit of currency is used in a given period of time. Velocity of money is usually measured as a ...

rediscount

Financial services; Finance

The act of discounting a short-term negotiable debt instrument for a second time. Banks may rediscount these short-term debt securities to assist the movement of a market that has ...

reserve requirements

Financial services; Finance

Requirements regarding the amount of funds that banks must hold in reserve against deposits made by their customers. This money must be in the bank's vaults or at the closest ...

excess reserve

Financial services; Finance

Capital reserves held by a bank or financial institution in excess of what is required by regulators, creditors or internal controls. For commercial banks, excess reserves are ...