Example sentences of "term [noun] of [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In this chapter we consider the following issues : different types of bonds , the fair pricing of bonds , different yield measures , different yield curves ( or term structures of interest rates ) , various theories underlying the yield curve , fitting the yield curve , and different measures of the interest rate risk , e.g. duration and convexity .
2 Part of the work being carried out by IMS for the Science and Engineering Research Council involves a short follow-up study in Spring 1985 , to check on the short term destinations of research students , their salary levels , and the extent to which those looking for work in September 1984 managed to find it ( see 1.3 ) .
3 Methods which expressly reflect the term structure of interest rates or the market value of liabilities were rejected mainly on grounds of complexity .
4 If Roll and Ross ( 1984 ) are right that there are only four basic economic forces , and that these are the four forces listed in chapter 1 , then estimation of an SBU 's required yield could be attempted by examining the likely sensitivity of the projected SBU returns with just these factors ( inflation , aggregate production , risk premia and the term structure of interest rates ) .
5 3.6 EXAMPLE 2 : THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES
6 The term structure of interest rates is the relationship between the rates of return on bonds with different maturity dates .
7 TABLE 3.2 Term structure of interest rates : estimates for a five-year bond rate and 91-day Treasury bill rate
8 The above procedure gives a flavour of how the assumption of rational expectations can be used to give a model of the term structure of interest rates which can be tested .
9 Attfield and Duck ( 1982 ) found that they could reject the rational expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates when they applied the above model to three-monthly , five-yearly and ten-yearly rates of interest in the UK .
10 We have also presented two examples of how rational expectations introduce testable restrictions : in the first we examined the relationship between the spot and the forward exchange rates and in the second we examined the implications for the term structure of interest rates .
11 The term structure of interest rates
12 The relationship between a particular yield measure and a bond 's maturity is called the yield curve ( or term structure of interest rates ) for that particular yield measure .
13 In this section , we consider some theories underlying the yield curve or the term structure of interest rates .
14 unanticipated changes in the slope of the term structure of interest rates .
15 Given that an investment in a financial asset is expected to yield a stream of cash flows into the future , the term structure of interest rates enters the APT equation because it describes the relationship between the cost of money and the period in which cash flows are expected .
16 Risk of unanticipated changes in the term structure of interest rates .
17 At the short end of the term structure of interest rates are the three month Sterling and the three month euro D-Mark futures .
18 The programme includes a prospective long term evaluation of family responses to early diagnosis and a comparison of their experiences and perceptions with those families who have undergone the later traditional clinical diagnosis .
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