zero interest
noun[U]
BANKINGukusused todescribeasituationin which nomoneyischargedby abankor otherfinancialorganizationforlendingmoney:
Theyofferaperiodof zerointerestfor newcustomers.
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The group collects donations for the purpose of making small loans atzerointerestto business owners and artisans in developing nations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This model may be used when any turning effects are zero or havezerointeresteven though the body itself may be extended.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a closed economy, this is because chargingzerointerestalso means having zero return on government securities, or even negative return on short maturities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Suchzerointerestcredit cards allow participating retailers to generate more sales by encouraging consumers to make more purchases on credit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A central bank can not, normally, charge negative interest for money, and even chargingzerointerest often produces less stimulative effect than slightly higher rates of interest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There was nothing we could do because no matter how we fussed this was a movie about red wine and the moviegoing audience today haszerointerestin red wine.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Given azerointerestrate, and discounting, intertemporal optimizing agents would want to borrow.
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In these more general cases, there is no presumption that optimal policy would result in azerointerestrate gap.
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Dealers are recordingzerointerestfrom customers in buying cucumbers, tomatoes and other vegetables.
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It involves azerointerestannuity, no income is involved and only capital is paid out.
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