Interest rates are among the closely watched variables in the economy. The media on daily bases record their movement because they affect our everyday lives and have crucial consequences for the health of the economy. They affect personal decisions as whether to consume or save‚ whether to buy a house and whether to purchase bonds or put funds into a savings account. Interest rates also affect the economic decisions of households or businesses such as whether to put their money in the
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Low Interest Rates Long Term Effect "The prolonged low-interest rate environment is transforming the banking industry from savings and loans to service and loans‚" said Dan Geller‚ executive vice president of research firm Market Rates Insight in San Anselmo‚ Calif. (Fitzpatrick) Consumers may think that the continued low interest rates are a profound thing‚ but banks on the other hand think much differently. Consumers are refinancing their houses at rates as low as 2.875%‚ while big banks like
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INTEREST RATES ON DOMESTIC DEPOSITS* DEPOSITS – LESS THAN 5 CRORES SR.NO. W.E.F. 01/11/2013** PERIOD INTEREST RATES (% P.A.) INTEREST RATE ON DEPOSITS BELOW RS. 15 LAKHS INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS OF RS. 15 LAKHS < RS..50 LAKHS INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS OF RS. 50 LAKHS < RS.1 CRORES INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS OF RS. 1 CRORE < RS.3 CRORES INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS OF RS. 3 CRORES < RS.5 CRORES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12
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fixed exchange rate system that fixes the exchange rate of Hong Kong Dollar and United State Dollar to a ratio of 7.8: 1 Hong Kong Monetary Authority does not need to stable exchange market by controlling the supply and demand of HKD. It can be stabilized by Fixed-linkage System. In the past 15 years‚ Hong Kong interest rates and exchange rates fluctuated in the same trend of the US interest rate and exchange rate. The graphs below show an example of interest rate and exchange rate respectively:
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Capital Structure Capital Structure‚ Interest Rates and Credit Ratings Prepared by Ece SARAÇOĞLU BILGI‚ MSc in International Finance INF 503 - Financial Economics and Interest Rates December 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. III. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) n) o) p) q) IV. V. Why Capital Structure Matters To Investments How Debt and Equity Financing Differ Choosing Between Debt and Equity Financing Process Ownership rights Rights over profit Ease of doing business Repayment Cost to company
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and the Euro INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Case Questions and Answers 1. How significant an impact do foreign exchange gains and losses have on corporate performance at XJP? What is your opinion of how they structure and manage their currency exposures? During 2003‚ the dramatic raise in the value of Euro against the dollar resulted in foreign exchange losses of Rmb 75 billion‚ out of which Rmb 60 billion were charged as 2003 cost of hedging. The year of 2003 proved to be fortunate
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Transaction exposure The transaction exposure component of the foreign exchange rates is also referred to as a short-term economic exposure. This relates to the risk attached to specific contracts in which the company has already entered that result in foreign exchange exposures. A company may have a transaction exposure if it is either on the buy side or sell side of a business transaction. Any transaction that leads to an inflow or outflow of a foreign currency results in a transaction exposure. For
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INTEREST RATE FUTURES IN INDIA Dr. Shashi Srivastava * Divya Srivastava ** Abstract In the era of globalization‚ one of the macro-economic variable that has come into great focus is interest rate. The volatility of interest rates has increased manifold in the last couple of years. Interest rate risk management has become very important and assorted instruments like interest rate
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CNH: Onshore deregulation‚ offshore expansion September 30‚ 2013 Interest rate strategy CNH: Onshore deregulation‚ offshore expansion DBS Group Research 30 September 2013 The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ) opened on 29 Sep. According to the blueprint‚ financial innovations including RMB convertibility and interest rate liberalization are the priorities on the reform agenda (see “Shanghai Free Trade Zone & the reinvigoration of China”‚ 26 Sep 2013). These reforms will make the
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3 LIBOR 7 9 10 Floating Rate Received 8 10 11 Fixed Rate Paid 8 8 8 Swap Differential 0 2 3 Net Dollar Amount Received (Based on a Notional Value of $50 Million) 0 1000000 1500000 b. Determine the dollar amount to be received (or paid) by the counterparty on this interest rate swap each year based on the forecasts of LIBOR assumed above. ANSWER: Year 1 = $0; Year 2 = $1‚000‚000 paid; Year 3 = $1‚500‚000 paid 2. Interest Rate Caps. Northbrook Bank purchases
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