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Interest Rate Spread

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The amount by which the interest earned by an investment exceeds or fails to exceed its own interest liability. If a bank pays depositors one interest rate, and lends the deposited money out at a higher interest rate, the difference between those two interest rates is the interest rate spread.

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SARBOX, SOX, SOx) Of 2002

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