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short rate

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noun

Insurance.

  1. a charge, proportionately higher than the annual rate, made for insurance issued or continued in force by the insured for less than one year.

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Most loans carry floating rates tied to SOFR, the key short rate benchmark, with an average margin of about five percentage points.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

"If short rate expectations are going to drive currency trends, we'll go on seeing the ECB's hawkish stance dominate and there's more upside to EUR/USD...to come," said Kit Juckes, chief FX strategist at Societe Generale.

From Reuters • May 3, 2023

However, a meaningful sell-off will require a reversal of short rate expectations that could take a while to gather momentum given the broader global environment.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2010

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