For the first time, the AP study presents payrolls for both active rosters and rosters following adjustments for cash transactions in trades, signing bonuses that are the responsibility of the club agreeing to the contract, option buyouts and termination pay for released players.
The central bank keeps its eye on an overnight rate called Eonia, which is calculated by taking a weighted average of all overnight unsecured lending transactions between a pool of 43 of the most active banks in the Eurozone, along with four other international banks.