AGENCY DEBENTURES
Debt issued by a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) or federal agency for financing purposes. These kind of debentures do not have any collateral as a back up, but by the credit worthiness and integrity of the issuer. Officially, the agency debentures are issued by Federal Agencies, Tennessee Valley Authority for example, and are backed by full credit and faith of the United States government. The GSE issued agency debentures are only backed by the GSE's ability to pay.
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Equalization Payments
Payment the federal government made to an individual, province, or state to offset monetary imbalances between several parts of the country or indi ...
Seller
In the financial industry, a seller may be one of two things. First, it is an entity that may be an individual or a group that exchanges a product ...
SLL
SLL is the abbreviation for the currency in the Republic of Sierra Leone which is the Sierra Leone leone.
Error Term
Margin of error in a statistical and/or mathematical model created when the model fails to fully depict the actual connection between the independe ...
Treasury Bill - T-Bill
Short-term debt obligation with a maturity of less than one year. Backed by the US government, these debts are sold in denominations from $1,000 up ...
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