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interbank

interbank

3 5.5
A market where banks lend money to each other for a short time
  • noun
  • /ˈɪntərˌbæŋk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mercado interbancario
  • The idea was that the term-structure effects of a higher target interbank rate would then cause all other interest rates to rise, thereby realizing policymakers' goal of financial restraint or reduced stimulus.
  • interbank lending
  • interbank rate
  • interbank market

Examples

  • Now, with interbank markets drying up, they were desperate for dollars.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Frequently repeated statistics showing the large value of interbank transactions by themselves prove very little.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The market for interbank lending also seized up as banks did not trust each other.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Libor is the London interbank offered rate.

  • With a variable spread, the broker simply marks up the price over the interbank prices that they receive.

    Blog text (2)
  • The loan yields 7 percent or 5.5 percentage points more than the London interbank offered rate, whichever is higher.

    Blog text (16)
  • On 9 August 2007, it injected 128 billion euros into the European interbank market.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The rate would rise if the benchmark three-month London interbank offered rate, or Libor, exceeded 7 percent.

    Blog text (3)
  • Open market operations could then, once again, target the overnight interbank rate or the quantity of bank reserve growth for the purpose of influencing aggregate economic activity.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The interbank lending market allows banks to borrow money from each other to meet short-term needs.

Compounds

interbank loan
  • Specialized
4.6

A short loan one bank gives to another bank

Surface Forms

interbank singular
interbanks plural

Morphology

interbank = bank (transparent) = inter + bank

The noun denotes a market/system 'between banks' derived straightforwardly from inter + bank.

Etymology

Interbank is made of the parts inter- meaning 'between' and bank meaning 'a place that holds money'. As a noun, the interbank is the market or system 'between banks' where they lend, borrow, or move money to meet short-term needs.