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Adjustment dateThis is the date on which the interest rate changes for a variable rate mortgage.Adjustment date Similar MatchesStructural 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. Structural adjustmentStructural adjustmentThe reallocation of resources (labor and capital) among sectors of the economy in response to changing economic circumstances, including trading conditions, or changes in policy. Adjustment mechanismAdjustment mechanismThe theoretical process by which a market changes in disequilibrium moving toward equilibrium if the process is stable. See Walrasian and Marshallian adjustment. Marshallian adjustmentMarshallian adjustmentA market adjustment mechanism in which quantity rises when demand price exceeds supply price and falls when supply price exceeds demand price. 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 SuggestionsBalance of payments adjustment mechanismhigher rate adjustment International adjustment process Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) account Border tax adjustment Trade adjustment assistance Adjustment bond Adjustment assistance |
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