NOTE 5 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements affect the Company’s accounting for certain of its financial assets. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and is measured according to a hierarchy that includes:

Level 1:      Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets.

Level 2:      Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly. Level 2 assets and liabilities include debt securities with quoted market prices that are traded less frequently than exchange-traded instruments. This category includes U.S. government agency-backed debt securities.

Level 3:     Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data. 

The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2016 (in thousands):

The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2015 (in thousands):