- IMF
- The International Monetary Fund, a supranational institution aimed at overseeing the global financial system. The IMF is often involved when countries are in financial distress, providing loans and/or guarantees, but often also imposing changes in a country's fiscal policy in return for the help provided.
- Import
- The goods and services a country buys that are not produced on its soil but in other countries (exporter).
- Income Statement
- A company's records on a period's activity, typically for a quarter or a year, showing all revenues and expenses incurred during that period, and the resulting profit (or loss).
- Industrial Goods
- Industrial Goods
- Inflation
- Typically referred to a general increase in the price level of goods and services in an economy for a given period of time.
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure
- input
- An input is anything entered into a process.
- Insolvency
- Insolvency
- Intangible Asset
- An asset in a company balance sheet that has no physical appearance but nevertheless is attributed some value. Intangibles may include intellectual property rights such as patents or brands, software, but also goodwill.
- Inventory
- A company's stock of goods, typically shown as an asset in the balance sheet. Inventory may include raw materials, half-finished goods, parts purchased by third parties or finished goods (either to be sold or taken back after a lease ended). Inventory can be manipulated very easily to show higher or lower values than a 'true and fair view' would demand.
- Investment Banking
- Investment Banking
- ISM
- ISM
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