Sentence examples for interbank transactions from inspiring English sources

This figure derives primarily from interbank transactions originating from United States banks, not retail transactions.

That means there are few interbank transactions on which to base their Libors, according to bankers who operate in this market.

The euro has already existed in a virtual form for three years, used in trading stocks and bonds, interbank transactions and electronic purchases like credit card transactions.

The central banks began providing the swaps in October 2008 after the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, when interbank transactions broke down amid an atmosphere of mistrust, and banks began having trouble acquiring francs from one another.

That is when the 12 "euroland" countries surrendered control of their monetary policy to the European Central Bank, pegged the value of their currencies to the euro and made it the official currency for all interbank transactions.

In the figure, "money-like debt" refers to commercial paper, net repurchase agreements, federal funds, money market mutual fund assets, interbank transactions, broker-dealer payables, and broker-dealer security credits.There is a big difference between bank deposits and these other instruments: deposits are guaranteed by the government.

The bonds become less valuable as collateral in interbank lending transactions, forcing banks to use more costly forms of credit.

Most of the world's interbank currency transactions were routed over its systems.

"Policy makers have taken measures to slow the rapid growth in credit and at the same time tightened rules about irregular and imprudent activity in the financial system, including interbank bond repo transactions," economists at JPMorgan in Hong Kong wrote in a research note Friday, referring to bond repurchases.

To appreciate the dollar's dominant international role and why it will be so hard to dislodge, consider that the dollar enters one side of 90% of all the world's interbank foreign exchange transactions.

The reliability of the London interbank offered rate, which underpins transactions worth trillions of dollars, has been rattled by revelations that bankers manipulated it to profit on trades and hide their own borrowing costs during the crisis.