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== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Base currency]]
*[[Base currency]]
*[[Credit ratings]]
*[[Credit rating]]
*[[Credit risk]]
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*[[Creditworthiness]]
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*[[Ratings]]
*[[Variable currency]]
*[[Variable currency]]
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[[Category:Investment]]
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[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Latest revision as of 20:25, 19 May 2022

1. Markets - prices - quotation.

In the context of markets, a rate is a price which is quoted as a ratio or a percentage.

For example, a foreign exchange rate or an interest rate.


Foreign exchange rates are quoted as a number of units of the variable currency, per one unit of the base currency.

Interest rates are quoted as percentages of the principal amount.


2. Credit risk - creditworthiness - credit ratings.

To assign a credit rating.


3. Quality - performance.

To evaluate - and express a view about - quality or performance.


See also