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External rate of return

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000686

General rate of return to investment for the economy as a whole and is identical across all industries. It is therefore “external” to any particular industry.

Note: The Office of Productivity and Technology uses external rate of return to calculate the rental price of capital.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000686
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesBLS Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000686",
  "term": "External rate of return",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "General rate of return to investment for the economy as a whole and is identical across all industries. It is therefore “external” to any particular industry.\n\nNote: The Office of Productivity and Technology uses external rate of return to calculate the rental price of capital.",
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/external-rate-of-return/"
}

Record 674 of 2,141 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.