8.8 Defining Economic Indicators

You can define, input, and maintain economic indicator data within Rate Management. Economic Indicator data is used in ALM within Rate Dependency Patterns allowing users to associate their forecast assumptions with changes in specific Economic Indicators. Economic Indicator data is also available within the ALM Business Intelligence application for viewing related trends and spreads.

For more information on loading Economic Indicator data using the staging area and the related data loader utility, see the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Data Model Utilities User Guide.

For more information on loading interest rate data using the Economic Indicator user interface, see the Economic Indicators Summary Page section.