English-German translations for liquidity

• Flüssigsein das
• Liquidität die
  Die EU hat Glaubwürdigkeit und Liquidität. The EU has credibility and liquidity.
  Die ihnen zur Verfügung stehende Liquidität hat das Problem nicht gelöst. The liquidity that is available to them has not solved the problem.
  Wir sollten uns auf Marktinstrumente stützen - d. h. auf Liquidität. We should trust market instruments - that is, liquidity.

Definition of liquidity

• The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash
• The state or property of being liquid
• Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt

Examples

• My Picasso painting is not very liquid, it would take me months to sell it. Gold on the other hand is convertible to cash at any moment, making it a very liquid commodity.
• Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity.

Related words

• illiquidity
• overliquidity
• liquidity trap
• liquidity injection
• liquidity crisis