A pension plan purchased through a bank or an insurance company for a lump sum where the principal is guaranteed by the issuer and where the payoff varies according to a variable interest rate. One may receive payments from a floating-rate contract either in installments or as a lump sum after retirement. A floating-rate contract provides the pensioner with a small interest rate that may change and is not guaranteed, but the fact that the principal is guaranteed makes it a relatively low-riskinvestment. A floating-rate contract is a type of guaranteed investment contract.
About 70 percent had not yet experienced any credit tightening, as most companies were still working off revolving, floating-rate contracts with banks or thrifts.
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