Total assets = Total liabilities + Equity. The balance sheet is one of the key elements in the financial statements, of which the other documents are the income statement and the statement of cash flows. A statement of retained earnings may sometimes be attached.
Fixed Rate Defined. A fixed interest rate means that the interest rate that you will be charged over the term of your loan will not change, no matter how high or how low the market may drive interest rates. Your payment will remain the same on your last payment as it was on your first payment.
The real interest rate is the rate of interest an investor expects to receive after allowing for inflation. It can be described more formally by the Fisher equation, which states that the real interest rate is approximately the nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate.