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Sudden stop (economics) A sudden stop in capital flows is defined as a sudden slowdown in private capital inflows into emerging market economies, and a corresponding sharp reversal from large current account deficits into smaller deficits or small surpluses. [1] Sudden stops are usually followed by a sharp decrease in output, private spending ...
Asset and liability management (often abbreviated ALM) is the practice of managing financial risks that arise due to mismatches between the assets and liabilities as part of an investment strategy in financial accounting . ALM sits between risk management and strategic planning. It is focused on a long-term perspective rather than mitigating ...
In health insurance. In health insurance, copayment is fixed while co-insurance is the percentage that the insured pays after the insurance policy 's deductible is exceeded, up to the policy's stop loss. [1] It can be expressed as a pair of percentages with the insurer's portion stated first, [2] or just a single percentage showing what the ...
Excessive talking. Being easily distracted. Interrupting people and putting oneself in situations one hasn’t been invited into. Physical restlessness and fidgeting. Racing thoughts. Trouble ...
Asset–liability mismatch. In finance, an asset–liability mismatch occurs when the financial terms of an institution's assets and liabilities do not correspond. Several types of mismatches are possible. An asset-liability mismatch presents a material risk at institutions with significant debt exposure, such as banks or sovereign governments.
Duration gap. In Finance, and accounting, and particularly in asset and liability management (ALM), the duration gap is the difference between the duration - i.e. the average maturity - of assets and liabilities held by a financial entity. [1] A related approach is to see the "duration gap" as the difference in the price sensitivity of interest ...
Professional liability insurance. Professional liability insurance ( PLI ), also called professional indemnity insurance ( PII) but more commonly known as errors & omissions ( E&O) in the US, is a form of liability insurance which helps protect professional advising, consulting, and service-providing individuals and companies from bearing the ...
The Medicare Part D coverage gap (informally known as the Medicare donut hole) was a period of consumer payments for prescription medication costs that lay between the initial coverage limit and the catastrophic coverage threshold when the consumer was a member of a Medicare Part D prescription-drug program administered by the United States federal government.