Economic Cycle

Economic Cycle Fluctuation and movement normally witnessed in the economy in between times of expansion and contraction. The prevailing phase of the economic cycle is determined by many factors such as (GDP), employment rates, interest rates, and spending. … [Read more...]

Economic Defeasance

Economic Defeasance Refer: in substance defeasance. Process wherein debt is not cancelled but is not shown in balance sheet. … [Read more...]

Economic Earnings

Economic Earnings In event of zero change in productive capacity of the firm, the real funds flow that can be paid out indefinitely by it. … [Read more...]

Economic Exposure

Economic Exposure Extent or degree up to which level the firm’s value changes owing to changes in exchange rate. … [Read more...]

Economic Income

Economic Income Change or variance in present value plus cash flow. … [Read more...]

Economic Profit (Or Loss)

Economic Profit (Or Loss) Also termed EVA or economic value added. Calculated as revenue earned from sales of the output minus opportunity cost of inputs used. … [Read more...]

Economic Rents

Economic Rents Excess profits above and beyond level of competition. … [Read more...]

Economic Risk

Economic Risk Term used in project finance that represents a risk that it may not be possible to sell output at prices where operating/ maintenance costs are covered and debt are fully met. … [Read more...]

Economic Surplus

Economic Surplus The difference in the prevailing value in the market of the entity’s assets and that of the liabilities it holds. … [Read more...]

Economic Think Tank

Economic Think Tank Organization that analyses and reports on economic issues. Primarily focus is on development of proper, effective strategies and policies that will help the economy. These organizations may be run on private funds. … [Read more...]

Economic Union

Economic Union Formal understanding between countries that facilitates free flow of labor, capital, services and goods, and encompasses fusion and harmonization of policies that are social, monetary or fiscal. … [Read more...]

Economies of Scale

Economies of Scale Decline in the production related marginal cost when the scale of business operations of a firm increases. … [Read more...]

Economies of Scope

Economies of Scope A situation in an economy wherein one investment is able to support several profitable activities at a lower cost when they are grouped together than when undertaken singly. … [Read more...]

Economist

Economist Experts who undertake studies of the society's resources and its relationship to production or output. These may be small local communities, nations or worldwide economies. The findings help design policies pertaining to interest rates, taxation, employment schemes, … [Read more...]

EDGAR

EDGAR Stands for Electronic Data Gathering, Retrieval system. This system is used by the SEC to transmit documents required in filings by companies. … [Read more...]

Edge Corporations

Edge Corporations Banking institutions, chartered by U.S. Federal Reserve and authorized by it. Such corporations carry out transactions with a foreign or worldwide characteristic. Interstate banking restrictions do not apply on such corporations. Foreign banks with operations in … [Read more...]

Effective Annual Interest Rate

Effective Annual Interest Rate Yearly measure of money in terms of time value that reflects the compounding effects entirely. … [Read more...]

Effective Annual Yield

Effective Annual Yield Rate of interest obtainable on securities, in annualized form, determined using techniques pertaining to compound interest calculations. … [Read more...]

Effective Call Price

Effective Call Price In optional redemption provisions, strike price quoted in the option plus the interest accrued up to the date of redemption. … [Read more...]

Effective Convexity

Effective Convexity Bond convexity calculated by making use of fund flows that fluctuate as yield changes. … [Read more...]