reserve ratio — ➔ ratio * * * reserve ratio UK US noun [C] US BANKING, FINANCE ► RESERVE REQUIREMENT(Cf. ↑reserve requirement) … Financial and business terms
reserve ratio — noun Etymology: reserve (II) : the ratio of the cash reserves of a bank to liabilities; especially : the ratio of gold certificates to combined deposit liabilities and outstanding Federal Reserve notes of the Federal Reserve banks * * * reserve… … Useful english dictionary
Reserve Ratio — The portion (expressed as a percent) of depositors balances banks must have on hand as cash. This is a requirement determined by the country s central bank, which in the U.S. is the Federal Reserve. The reserve ratio affects the money supply in a … Investment dictionary
reserve ratio — In banking, the primary reserve ratio is the ratio of the balance of Federal Reserve balance of the bank plus cash in vault to the demand deposits of the bank … Black's law dictionary
reserve ratio — relation between the amount of cash at a bank s disposal and the amount of deposits deposited in the bank … English contemporary dictionary
cash reserve ratio — UK US noun [C] ► BANKING a RESERVE RATIO(Cf. ↑reserve ratio) … Financial and business terms
secondary reserve ratio — ratio between the government securities of the bank and its demand deposits. There is also a ratio between time deposits and Federal Reserve balances plus cash in vault … Black's law dictionary
Reserve requirement — The reserve requirement (or required reserve ratio) is a bank regulation that sets the minimum reserves each bank must hold to customer deposits and notes. These reserves are designed to satisfy withdrawal demands, and would normally be in the… … Wikipedia
ratio — the proportional relationship of one thing to another * * * ratio ra‧ti‧o [ˈreɪʆiəʊ ǁ ˈreɪʆoʊ] noun [countable] a relationship between two amounts that is represented by a pair of numbers showing how much greater one amount is than the other: •… … Financial and business terms
Reserve Bank of India — Infobox Central bank bank name in local = भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक image 1 = RBI Tower.jpg image title 1 = The RBI headquarters in Mumbai image 2 = image title 2 = headquarters = coordinates = established = April 1, 1935 president = Duvvuri Subbarao… … Wikipedia
reserve requirements — The minimum amount of cash and liquid assets as a percentage of demand deposits and time deposits that member banks of the Federal Reserve are required to maintain. Chicago Board of Trade glossary The percentages of different types of deposits… … Financial and business terms
