Definitions
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- noun uncountable
repossession - noun countable, finance A
repurchase agreement: a type ofderivative which allows a borrower to use a financialsecurity ascollateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate - noun countable, computing, informal A
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Examples
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A repo is short for a repurchase agreement where collateral is exchanged for cash.
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For example, the current 10-year note auctioned earlier this month was traded Friday with a term repo rate of 1.75% through March 17.
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For example, the current 10-year note auctioned earlier this month was traded Friday with a term repo rate of 1.75% through March 17.
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For example, the current 10-year note auctioned earlier this month was traded Friday with a term repo rate of 1.75% through March 17.
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The new extended collateral-term repo facility has been established to offer sterling to banks for 30 days in exchange for a wide range of collateral, if liquidity conditions for trade in sterling deteriorate.
BOE to Probe Bank-Pay Incentives Jason Douglas 2011
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The author claims a GPL3 license, but only binaries are available; the svn repo is empty.
MultiScape Spans A Single Image Across Multiple Desktops With Ease | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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But that was before the ECB opened its €500bn credit facility, the "long-term repo operation".
Rubber-stamping Stephen Hester's RBS bonus is no one's idea of 'popular capitalism' 2012
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"Sophisticated counterparties were encouraged to provide short-term repo funding, collateralized by securities that turned out to be very illiquid, such as various asset-backed securities," he said.
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The shortterm repo-rates and reverse reporates were also kept unchanged at 7.75% and 6% respectively.
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One trader said conditions in the credit default swap market and the short-term repo markets are more stable today than they were in March, when Bear Stearns nearly collapsed, but still, "if they go into liquidation," it is going to be a bad situation on Monday.
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