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Positive yield curveWhen long-term debt long-term debt are higher than short-term debt rates (because of the increased long-term debt involved with long-term debt long-term debt).Positive yield curve Similar MatchesPositive externalityPositive externalityA beneficial externality; that is, a beneficial effect of one economic agent's actions on another. Considered a distortion because the first agent has inadequate incentive to act. Examples are the attractiveness of well-kept farms for the tourism industry (a production externality) and reduced contagion of disease due to vaccines (a consumption externality). Positive listPositive listIn an international agreement, a list of those items, entities, products, etc. to which the agreement will apply, with no commitment to apply the agreement to anything else. Contrasts with negative list. Positive carryPositive carryRelated: Net financing cost Extraordinary positive valueExtraordinary positive valueA positive net present value. Positive convexityPositive convexityA property of option-free bonds that the price appreciation for a large downward change in interest rates will be greater (in absolute terms) than the price depreciation for the same downward change in interest rates. Further SuggestionsPositive covenant (of a bond)Positive float Positive Sum Relationship Positive |
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