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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: A regional multilateral development institution engaged in promoting the economic development and social progress of its member countries in Africa. The Bank, established in 1964, started functioning in 1966 with its Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d' lvoire. The Bank borrows funds from the international money and capital markets. Its shareholders are the 53 countries in Africa as well as 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
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Lesson 20: Federal Reserve System | Unit 4: Monetary Policy
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The discount rate is the interest rate the Fed charges for reserve loans to commercial banks.- The Federal Funds rate is for loans between commercial banks.
- The discount rate is for loans from the Fed to commercial banks.
- Banks borrow from the Fed when the need reserves to stay in business. The price they pay is the discount rate.
Why don't troubled banks use the Federal Funds Market? - Other banks are probably reluctant to extend a loan.
- The entire banking system might be short of reserves.
- The discount rate is typically lower than the federal funds rate.
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DATA Observations or measurements that quantify or otherwise identify some aspect of the real world. Data are used to track economic performance, quantify economic characteristics, and test economic hypotheses. Data collection is often the most challenging part of undertaking an empirical analysis.
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The standard "debt" notation I.O.U. does not mean "I owe you," but actually stands for "I owe unto..."
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"Advice is like snow ‚ the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks into the mind. " -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
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AIBD
Association of International Bond Dealers (now called International Securities Market Association)
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