Look up: fixed-rate

1. Fixed exchange rate
   A fixed exchange rate system is one where the value of the currency against other currencies remains exactly the same. A fixed exchange rate doesn't stay fixed on its own. Governments have to hold large stocks of foreign exchange, so that they can actively intervene to hold the value of the currency...
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2. Fixed exchange rate
   A country`s decision to tie the value of its currency to another country`s currency, gold (or another commodity), or a basket of currencies.
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3. fixed exchange rate
   (from the article `International Monetary Fund`) ...short-term exchange rates; a pegged exchange arrangement, in which a country`s monetary officials pledge to tie their currency`s exchange rate to ... The official fixing of exchange rates as limits on either side of parity, outside of which exchange-rate quotations were not allowed to ...
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4. Fixed exchange rate
   Usually synonymous with a pegged exchange rate. Although 'fixed' seems to imply less likelihood of change, in practice countries seldom if ever achieve a truly fixed rate.
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5. Fixed Interest Rate
   An interest rate, which does not change during an investment or borrowing period.
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6. Fixed Interest Rate
   The account holder receives a pre-determined and unchanging rate of interest, usually on a bond or term account, giving the investor a known return for his capital deposit. The rate will not change even if general base rates change.
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7. Fixed Rate
   The lender will fix the interest rate that they charge at a set level for a fixed period of time. There are normally a whole range of fixed rate products available from different lenders and these vary in terms from very short periods (3 - 6 months) up to the whole 25 year mortgage term. The lender ...
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8. Fixed Rate
   An interest rate which is fixed for the term of the loan. Payments as well are fixed at one amount
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9. Fixed rate
   A traditional approach to determining the finance charge payable on an extension of credit. A predetermined and certain rate of interest is applied to the principal.
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10. Fixed rate
    - A loan where the initial payments are based on a certain interest rate for a stated period . The rate payable will not change during this period regardless of changes in the lender's standard variable rate.
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11. Fixed Rate
    The interest charged on a mortgage is set for an agreed period.
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12. Fixed Rate
    The interest charged on a mortgage is set for an agreed period.
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13. Fixed-exchange rate
    A country's decision to tie the value of its currency to another country's currency, gold (or another commodity), or a basket of currencies.
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14. Fixed-Exchange Rate
    A rate where a country`s currency value is tied to that of another country, a commodity (such as gold), or a basket of commodities. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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