Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• RATE OF RETURN RATIOS - Ratios that measure the profitability of a firm in relation to various measures...
  
  
• RATE PROTECTION - Protection for a borrower against the danger that rates will rise between the time th...
  
  
• RATE RISK - In banking, the risk that profits may drop or losses occur because a rise in interest rates...
  
  
• RATE SENSITIVE - The exposure of either the bank's earnings or its market value to fluctuations caused ...
  
  
• RATE SHOCK - An arbitrarily selected change in prevailing interest rates used to quantify either a chan...
  
  
• RATE SHOPPING - Applying for credit with several lenders to find the best interest rate, usually for a ...
  
  
• RATE TYPE - A factor that determines the payment structure and whether the rate may adjust during the l...
  
  
• RATE-IMPROVEMENT MORTGAGE - A home loan that allows the borrower a one-time interest rate cut without p...
  
  
• RATE-LOCK SELLING - Underwriters of corporate bonds sell Treasuries to hedge what they will take in a p...
  
  
• RATE-SENSITIVE - describes a deposit account or security investment for which changes in its interest r...