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''Economics''.
(CSA).


1.
An agreement designed to reduce counterparty credit risk in derivative transactions.


A large and rapid reduction in the general availability of borrowings, or a similarly large and rapid increase in the cost of borrowing, or both.  
The CSA requires the "losing" counterparty to post collateral for the amount by which they are currently losing.


 
Expressed more formally, collateral is posted for the amount by which the related derivative instrument is out of the money for the losing counterparty.
2.
 
In particular, the rapid reduction in interbank lending from 2007, and its wide ranging adverse effects on other financial markets and on the economy.
 
This is sometimes known as the Global Financial Crisis ([[GFC]]), or the Global credit crunch.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Cash in the new post-crisis world]]
* [[Collateral]]
* [[Credit]]
* [[Credit]]
* [[Financial market risk]]
* [[Credit support]]
* [[Global Financial Crisis]]
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[International Swaps and Derivatives Association]]
* [[ISDA Master Agreement]]
* [[Out of the money]]


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Latest revision as of 12:06, 6 July 2022

(CSA).

An agreement designed to reduce counterparty credit risk in derivative transactions.

The CSA requires the "losing" counterparty to post collateral for the amount by which they are currently losing.

Expressed more formally, collateral is posted for the amount by which the related derivative instrument is out of the money for the losing counterparty.


See also