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liquidity Definition

liquid·ity (li kwid′i tē)

noun

  1. the quality or state of being liquid
  2. Finance
    1. the ability of a business to meet obligations without disposing of its fixed assets
    2. the ability of a market to absorb buying and selling without producing undue price fluctuations

liquidity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • constrain: Your average company is less liquidity constrained than your average employe.
  • enhance: Stock loans are used to enhance liquidity in the financial markets.
  • manage: Second, the Bank has introduced repos to manage banking system liquidity.
  • improve: At least £ 15m was required from player sales in order to improve liquidity.

Adjective modifier

  • sterling: The Bank will be particularly alert to the need to supply an adequate amount of sterling liquidity through the millenium period.
  • excess: Excess liquidity has been rising rapidly for 10 years now.
  • global: Topping In Global Liquidity, the process of sending funding payments from accounts held in the UK to accounts held overseas.
  • sufficient: Second, it should include provision of sufficient official liquidity in distress conditions.
  • adequate: In the immediate aftermath, a key priority was to make sure that markets had adequate liquidity to continue and settle their business.
  • increased: In the UK, we tend to prefer smaller units for increased liquidity.

Modifies a noun

  • forecasting: This session will look at the key features of a liquidity forecasting system, focusing on potential problem areas.
  • trap: Once in a liquidity trap, there are two means to escape, the paper says.
  • crisis: But even with preventative measures in place, liquidity crises will still occur from time to time.
  • ratio: In part 1 of our look at working capital management we will look at the liquidity ratios.
  • constraint: Analysis of Weale's model provides empirical support for the role of wealth or liquidity constraints.
  • projection: The second run of ' End of day Liquidity Projection ' ( Event 416 ) will also be run at 19:00.

Noun used with modifier

  • intra-day: Second, the provision of intra-day liquidity does not effect a central bank's ability to control one-day ( or longer ) interest rates.
  • banking: Banking system liquidity The Basel proposals concentrate on banks ' capital adequacy.
  • currency: On Friday 24 December 1999 the Bank of England published, on its webpage, data on UK foreign currency liquidity for end-November 1999.
  • market: Market liquidity refers to the willingness of market participants to buy or sell a particular security.