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Adjustment bondA bond issued in exchange for outstanding bonds when a corporation facing bankruptcy is recapitalized.Adjustment bond Similar MatchesHigher rate adjustmentHigher rate adjustmentAn income tax coding allocated to people who pay tax at the higher rate.For interest received from banks or dividends from shares etc, the higher rate adjustment enables the Inland Revenue to collect the additional tax due over and above the basic rate. Structural adjustment programStructural adjustment programThe list of budgetary and policy changes required by the IMF and World Bank in order for a developing country to qualify for a loan. This "conditionality" typically includes reducing barriers to trade and capital flows, tax increases, and cuts in government spending. Adjustment assistanceAdjustment assistanceGovernment program to assist those workers and/or firms whose industry has declined, either due to competition from imports (trade adjustment assistance) or from other causes. Such programs usually have two (conflicting) goals: to lessen hardship for those affected and to help them change their behavior -- what, how, or where they produce. Balance of payments adjustment mechanismBalance of payments adjustment mechanismAny process, especially any automatic one, by which a country with a payments imbalance moves toward balance of payments equilibrium. Under the gold standard, this was the specie flow mechanism. Walrasian adjustmentWalrasian adjustmentA market adjustment mechanism in which price rises when there is excess demand and falls when there is excess supply. Strictly speaking, these excess supplies and demands are those that would obtain without any history of disequilibrium, as with a Walrasian auctioneer. Further SuggestionsTrade adjustment assistanceBorder tax adjustment Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) account Adjustment mechanism Adjustment date Structural adjustment Marshallian adjustment International adjustment process |
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