UST is the abbreviation for the United States Department of the Treasury, the department of the federal government that manages the US finances.
UST is commonly used to refer to debt issued by the United States.
Entities subject to UST include the IRS, the US Mint, the Bureau of Public Debt, the Comptroller’s Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Taxes.
UST securities are assumed to have little or no default risk.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990 to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace and in employment.
Autarky refers to a state of self-sufficiency and is commonly used to describe countries or economies that seek to reduce their dependence on international trade.
A Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract is a model used to finance large projects, usually infrastructure projects, developed through a public-private partnership.
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, especially in the industrial sector, in which labor is paid only according to wages.
The term “discount rate” can refer to either the interest rate the Federal Reserve charges banks for short-term loans or the rate used to discount future cash flows in a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis.