FISIM¶
In the System of National Accounts it is an estimate of the value of the services provided by financial intermediaries, such as banks, for which no explicit charges are made; instead these services are paid for as part of the margin between rates applied to savers and borrowers.
Core Idea¶
FISIM is treated here as the recurring socialscienceshumanitiesarts identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: In the System of National Accounts it is an estimate of the value of the services provided by financial intermediaries, such as banks, for which no explicit charges are made; instead these services are paid for as part of the margin between rates applied to savers and borrowers. FISIM stands for Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured. In the System of National Accounts it is an estimate of the value of the services provided by financial intermediaries, such as banks, for which.
Scope of Application¶
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Documented setting. One method of calculating it is as the total property income receivable by financial intermediaries minus their total interest payable, excluding the value of any property income receivable from the investment.
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Documented setting. The supposition is that savers would receive a lower interest rate and borrowers pay a higher interest rate if all financial services had explicit charges.
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Documented setting. FISIM stands for Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured.
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Documented setting. In the System of National Accounts it is an estimate of the value of the services provided by financial intermediaries, such as banks, for which no explicit charges are made; instead.
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Documented setting. One method of calculating it is as the total property income receivable by financial intermediaries minus their total interest payable, excluding the value of any property income receivable from the investment.
Clarity¶
A clear use of FISIM names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is In the System of National Accounts it is an estimate of the value of the services provided by financial intermediaries, such as banks, for which no explicit charges are made; instead these services are paid for as part of the margin between rates.
Manages Complexity¶
FISIM compresses multiple socialscienceshumanitiesarts details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—one method of calculating it is as the total property income receivable by financial intermediaries minus their total interest payable, excluding the value of any property income receivable from the investment of their own funds, as such income does not arise from financial intermediation.—and the practical consequence—one method of calculating it.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the socialscienceshumanitiesarts entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: In the System of National Accounts it is an estimate of the value of the services provided by financial intermediaries, such as banks, for which no explicit charges are made; instead these services are paid for as part of the margin between rates applied to savers and borrowers.
- Check operation and conditions.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about FISIM transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. One method of calculating it is as the total property income receivable by financial intermediaries minus their total interest payable, excluding the value of any property income receivable from the investment of their own funds, as such income does not arise from financial intermediation. The supposition is that savers would receive a lower interest rate and.
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
FISIM sits in a moderately populated region (46th percentile for distinctiveness): it has near-neighbors but no dense thicket of look-alikes.
Family — Financial Ratios & Instruments (20 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
- Elasticity of intertemporal substitution — 0.88
- Saving (economics) — 0.88
- Net Foreign Assets — 0.88
- Unit of account — 0.86
- Merton's portfolio problem — 0.86
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