DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.

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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt
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Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.
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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.
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UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.
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SPAC

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.
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Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.
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United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.
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