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  2. Public Investment Fund - Wikipedia

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    Website. pif.gov.sa. The Public Investment Fund (PIF; Arabic: صندوق الاستثمارات العامة) is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. It is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of US$ 925 billion (£ 726.3 billion). [ 2 ] It was created in 1971 for the purpose of investing funds ...

  3. September 2019 events in the U.S. repo market - Wikipedia

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    On September 17, 2019, interest rates on overnight repurchase agreements (or "repos"), which are short-term loans between financial institutions, experienced a sudden and unexpected spike. A measure of the interest rate on overnight repos in the United States, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), increased from 2.43 percent on September ...

  4. History of Federal Open Market Committee actions - Wikipedia

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    March 15, 2020 0%–0.25% 0.25% 9–1 This was an emergency unscheduled meeting in response to the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Official statement: March 3, 2020 1%–1.25% 2.75% 10–0 This was an emergency unscheduled meeting in response to the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Official statement: October 30, 2019 1.50% ...

  5. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    In October 2019 the target range for the Federal Funds Rate was 1.50–1.75%. [12] On March 15, 2020, the target range for Federal Funds Rate was 0.00–0.25%, [ 13 ] a full percentage point drop less than two weeks after being lowered to 1.00–1.25%.

  6. Campaign finance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For the 2020 campaign, only Steve Bullock (Democrat) had announced plans to apply for matching funds by September 2019. [116] In addition to primary matching funds, the public funding program also assists with funding the major party (and eligible minor party) nominees' general election campaigns.

  7. The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization, sometimes described as their "market value": [1] Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the share price on a selected day and the number of outstanding shares on that day. The list is expressed in USD millions, using exchange rates from ...

  8. Public Provident Fund (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Public Provident Fund (PPF) is a voluntary savings-cum-tax-reduction social security instrument in India, [1] introduced by the National Savings Institute of the Ministry of Finance in 1968. The scheme's main objective is to mobilize small savings for social security during uncertain times by offering an investment with reasonable returns ...

  9. Government spending - Wikipedia

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    Life science crowding in contrasts with crowding out in public funding of research more widely: [29] "10% increase in government R&D funding reduced private R&D expenditure by 3%...In Australia, the average cost of public funds is estimated to be $1.20 and $1.30 for each dollar raised (Robson, 2005). The marginal cost is probably higher, but ...