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Bank rate The rate of interest payable by commercial banks to RBI if they borrow money from the latter in case of a shortage of reserves. Bonds A paper bearing the promise of a stream of future monetary returns over a specified period of time. Issued by firms or governments for borrowing money from the public. Broad money Narrow money + time deposits held by commercial banks and post office savings organisation. Capital Factor of production which has itself been produced and which is not generally entirely consumed in the production process. Capital gain/loss Increase or decrease in the value of wealth of a bondholder due to an appreciation or reduction in the price of her bonds in the bond market. Capital goods Good that are purchased to be used in production rather than for consumption.Goods which are bought not for meeting immediate need of the consumer but for producing other goods. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) The fraction of their deposits which the commercial banks are required to keep with RBI. Currency deposit ratio The ratio of money held by the public in currency to that held as deposits in commercial banks. Deficit financing through central bank borrowing Financing of budget deficit by the government through borrowing money from the central bank. Leads to increase in money supply in an economy and may result in inflation. Devaluation The decrease in the price of domestic currency under pegged exchange rates through official action. High powered money Money injected by the monetary authority in the economy. Consists mainly of currency. Liquidity trap A situation of very low rate of interest in the economy where every economic agent expects the interest rate to rise in future and consequently bond prices to fall, causing capital loss. Everybody holds her wealth in money and speculative demand for money is infinite. floating A system in which the central bank allows the exchange rate to be determined by market forces but intervene at times to influence the rate. Money multiplier The ratio of total money supply to the stock of high powered money in an economy. Narrow money Currency notes, coins and demand deposits held by the public in commercial banks. Open market operation Purchase or sales of government securities by the central bank from the general public in the bond market in a bid to increase or decrease the money supply in the economy. Real exchange rate The relative price of foreign goods in terms of domestic goods. Reserve deposit ratio The fraction of their total deposits which commercial banks keep as reserves. Revaluation A decrease in the exchange rate in a pegged exchange rate system which makes the foreign currency cheaper in terms of the domestic currency. For example, suppose a government has set 10 units of its currency equal to one U.S. dollar. To revalue, the government might change the rate to five units per dollar. This would result in that currency being twice as expensive to people buying that currency with U.S. dollars than previously and the U.S. dollar costing half as much to those buying it with foreign currency.?SolvencyThe ability of a company to meet its long-term financial obligations. Solvency is essential to staying in business, but a company also needs liquidity to thrive. Liquidity is a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations. A company that is insolvent must enter bankruptcy; a company that lacks liquidity can also be forced to enter bankruptcy even if it is solvent.Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) The fraction of their total demand and time deposits which the commercial banks are required by RBI to invest in specified liquid assets. Sterilisation Intervention by the monetary authority of a country in the money market to keep the money supply stable against exogenous or sometimes external shocks such as an increase in foreign exchange inflow. A form of monetary action in which a central bank seeks to limit the effect of inflows and outflows of capital on the money supply. Sterilization most frequently involves the purchase or sale of financial assets by a central bank, and is designed to offset the effect of foreign exchange intervention.? ................
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