PDF Print E-mail
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
The current economic crisis has brought these esoteric terms into mainstream conversation.
 TERMS  

TED Spread
 
•401(k)
•Asset-backed Security (ABS)
•Bailout
•Bank Holding Company
•Bank Run - Bank Panic
•Central Bank
•Collateralized Debt
•Commercial Bank
•Commercial Paper
•Credit Crunch
•Credit Default Swaps
•Credit-Loss Ratio
•Deposit Insurance
•Derivative
•Discount Window/Discount Rate
•Equity
•Fair Market Value
•Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac
•FDIC
•Federal Funds Rate
•Federal Reserve Bank/Federal Reserve System
•Foreclosure
•Hedge Fund
•Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
•Interbank Trade
•Interest Rates/Basis Points
•Investment Banks
•Leverage
•LIBOR
•Liquidity
•Mark to Market
•Moratorium
•Mortgages
•Mortgage-backed Security
•Naked Short Selling
•Overnight Rate
•Recession
•Securitization – Securitized
•Short Selling
•Special Purpose Vehicle
•Stagflation
•SubPrime Mortgages
•TARP
•TED Spread
•Toxic Debts
•Treasuries
•Write Down
 
  


The difference between inter-bank loans and U.S. government loans. It serves as an indicator of the bank sector's willingness to lend to one another. When that spread is high, as it has been during the financial crisis, it means banks are not that willing.
 

All rights reserved. © FinancialSpeculation.com 2011
Web design by Serena Rockey Design
Content developed by Web Spin Studios