Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CONTRACTUAL GAP
  
  A crude measure of a financial institution’s exposure to adverse consequences resulting from changes in prevailing interest rates. The contractual gap is a gap mismatch measure calculated using the contractual maturity and repricing dates for all assets and liabilities. It is arguably the least accurate gap methodology.
  
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