Monday, September 1, 2008

Liquidity Ratio

Term of the Day - liquidity ratio
Total dollar value of cash and marketable securities divided by
current liabilities
. For a bank this is the cash held by the bank as a proportion of deposits in the bank. The liquidity ratio measures the extent to which a corporation or other entity can quickly liquidate assets and cover short-term liabilities, and therefore is of interest to short-term
creditors
. also called cash asset ratio or cash ratio.

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