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The number of unemployed people as a proportion of the total labor force, where the latter includes both the unemployed and those with jobs. The ECB calculates the unemployment rate for the euro area…

Phenomenon observed in connection with reserve requirements. If, in the event of a temporary oversupply of central bank money, the overnight rate falls below the interest rate on the price at which a central…

Sum of final orders placed by customers with companies, usually relating to the order-driven industry (the value of new contracts for goods produced by the order-driven manufacturing sector). Monitored and evaluated by the central…

In older financial terminology, the purchase and sale of securities (by a bank). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor…

Payment to players who participate in a game at sporting events and especially in football. – Salary supplement for employees who have to work on weekends, such as at newspapers, broadcasters, hospitals and transport…

In older financial terminology often used for arrears (French: arrière) (debt which is overdue after missing one or more required payments. The amount of the arrears is the amount accrued from the date on…

Taxes levied by the state on households and firms are a premium, as it were, for the fact that the state protects the payers and enables them to earn income. – See equivalence theory.…

In this case, banks do not immediately forward their customers’ stock market orders, which may cause investors to suffer losses, especially during subscription deadlines. Therefore, immediate order routing is monitored by regulators. – See…

Instructions on how a central bank should formulate its monetary policy, issued by – clueless laymen, mostly self-styled financial journalists and silly assembly-line writers in relevant Internet forums, and – by far worse –…

Acquisitions through which a bank (generally: through a company) seeks to gain a stronger position in the market (acquisitions that carry synergy potential through integration with existing operations). As financial history teaches, this has…