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| ''Interest rates - quotation.''
| | A widely recognised and quoted interest rate - such as the Fed funds rate, the prime rate, or LIBOR - by reference to which a rate of interest is calculated. |
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| A period of time in relation to which an amount of interest payable or receivable is ''quoted''.
| | For example, in the rate ‘LIBOR plus 50 basis points’, LIBOR is the reference rate. |
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| In wholesale markets, this period is almost always a year.
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| | | ==See also== |
| :<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Interest - counting days - conventions'''''</span>
| | *[[ARRC]] |
| | | *[[LIBOR]] |
| :"The day count convention determines how interest accrues over time in a variety of transactions...
| | *[[Loan agreement]] |
| | | *[[Zero rate provision]] |
| :In wholesale markets interest is usually expressed to accrue at a rate per annum (the reference period).
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| :It is often due and payable at shorter intervals, usually a number of months (the interest period)."
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| :''Day count conventions - the Treasurer's wiki.''
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| In retail markets, reference periods - especially for borrowing - may sometimes be shorter.
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| However, it is generally mandatory for the provider of retail credit to quote an Annual Percentage Rate - or other appropriate comparator rate, depending on the jurisdiction - in addition to the reference rate.
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| == See also == | |
| * [[Accrue]] | |
| * [[Accrued interest]]
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| * [[Annual percentage rate]] (APR) | |
| * [[Credit]] | |
| * [[Day count conventions]] | |
| * [[Effective annual rate]] (EAR)
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| * [[Interest]]
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| * [[Interest period]]
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| * [[Jurisdiction]]
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| * [[Periodic interest]]
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| * [[Periodic rate]]
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| * [[Retail]]
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| * [[Wholesale]]
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A widely recognised and quoted interest rate - such as the Fed funds rate, the prime rate, or LIBOR - by reference to which a rate of interest is calculated.
For example, in the rate ‘LIBOR plus 50 basis points’, LIBOR is the reference rate.
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