Instrument

1.

A generic term for securities and risk management contracts ranging from debt to negotiable deposits and bonds and including derivatives.

Normally used to describe financial arrangements with shorter-term maturities.

2.

A tool used by government in achieving its macroeconomic targets, for example interest rates.

3.

Abbreviation for financial instrument.

4.

Any formal legal document.

See also

• Bearer instrument
• Bond
• Capital instrument
• Climate debt instrument
• Compound instrument
• Contract
• Debt instrument
• Derivative instrument
• Equity instrument
• Financial instrument
• Fixing instrument
• Interest rate
• Macroeconomics
• Money market instrument
• Negotiable instrument
• Risk management
• Security
• Short term
• Statutory instrument
• Use of Proceeds instrument