TOBIN TAX
Excise tax imposed on spot currency conversions developed to penalize short-term currency speculation and stabilize currency. Originally suggested by American economist James Tobin in 1972, it is applied to financial sector participants and revenues from this tax are used to help fund global priorities including environmental and basic human needs.
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A ratio developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision during Basel II conference. This ratio stemmed out from the Cookie ratio that was p ...
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Portion of return from a security or portfolio not explained by the overall market’s return rate. It measures the value added by the investme ...
M0
Measuring money supply that sums up all the physical currency (notes and coins) that is circulating in the economy and the bank reserves held with ...
Manufactured Housing - MH
A prefabricated housing unit, which is assembled in factories, prior to being moved to sites of use. The cost of construction per square foot is ty ...
MSCI BRIC Index
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