Zero interest limit doctrine
The doctrine that a central bank has become powerless once it has lowered the interest rate to zero. – This assertion has been clearly refuted empirically. This is because the interest rate is not…
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Zero interest rate
If the interest rate is close to zero – as a result of appropriate central bank policies, as in Japan around 2000 and in the course of the euro crisis in the EMU –…
Zero payout [rate]
A corporation retains profits generated and uses them to expand the company instead of distributing them to shareholders (a company retains all or most of its profits for the purpose of financial consolidation or/and…
Zero VAT rate
Unless otherwise defined, a transaction in which no value added tax (VAT) is incurred, such as currently in the purchase and sale of gold. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may…
Zero-balance account (ZBA)
A customer settles his transactions via an account at the bank, which the institution keeps balanced at all times. This is because any overdrafts are immediately balanced by a second account held by the…
Zero-coupon bond more rarely discounted bond
Generally, a security that has only one payment throughout its life (a bond that has only one final stream with both capital and capitalized interest). Instead of the usual interest – the issue is…