ImportBuying goods or services from overseas and bringing them into the country. |
Income statementDetermines the net income/profit of a business. An annual summary of both income and expenses. |
Industrial outputThis is an indicator of future economic growth as it is the manufacturing output of the nation. |
InflationThe term used when prices rise. |
Insider tradingThe trading of shares based on knowledge that no one else has. It was made illegal in the UK in 1980. |
InsolvencyWhen a company becomes unable to pay off its creditors, or its liabilities exceed its assets. |
Institutional investorA professional money manager who works for private investors and invests via pension and life insurance funds. |
Intellectual propertyAny works or inventions that are original creative designs. The individual or company responsible for the designs will be entitled to apply for a copyright or trademark on the designs. |
Interim profit statementThis updates shareholders on a company’s unaudited profits for the first half of the financial year. |
Investment trustA company on the stock exchange that only invests in other companies. |