- Industry: Financial services
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Decline in the prices of goods and services. Antithesis of inflation.
Industry:Financial services
A statistical factor used to convert current dollar purchasing power into inflation-adjusted purchasing power. Enabling the comparison of prices while accounting for inflation in two different time periods.
Industry:Financial services
Refers to mortgage backed securities (MBS) that at the time of issuance were collateralized by seasoned loans originated prior to the MBS pool issue date.
Industry:Financial services
Postponement of the start of trading in a stock until correction of a gross imbalance in buy and sell orders. Such an imbalance is likely to follow on the heels of a significant event such as a takeover offer. See: Suspended trading.
Industry:Financial services
Failure to make a payment on a debt or obligation by the specified due date.
Industry:Financial services
Removal of a company's security from listing on an exchange because the firm has not abided by specific regulations.
Industry:Financial services
The sale of a futures or forward contract may require the seller to deliver the commodity.
Industry:Financial services
The Treasury bills that fulfill a set of guidelines set forth by the exchange on which the bills are traded.
Industry:Financial services
The asset in a forward contract that will be delivered in the future at an agreed-upon price.
Industry:Financial services
The tender and receipt of an actual commodity or financial instrument in settlement of a futures contract.
Industry:Financial services
