key rate
noun[C]
ukusBANKING,FINANCE
therateofinterestat which acentralbanklendsmoneyto otherbanks:
Australia'scentralbankraiseditskeyrateby aquarterpercentagepointyesterday.
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Keyratedurations require that we value an instrument off a yield curve and requires building a yield curve.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sum of an instrumentskeyratedurations is approximately equal to its modified duration.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For instance, suppose we know the amount by which the yield curve has steepened at eachkeyratematurity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However as current sources operate at a low efficiency and frequency key rates and transmission distances are limited.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All key rates sampled per 1000 of population.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this environment of subdued inflationary pressures, we continued with our policy of lowering our key rates further.
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Both key rates of corporation tax have been cut.
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