Abbreviation index

Abbreviations in DBR publications

Abbreviation	Description
% yoy	% year-on-year
AD	Andorra
AE	United Arab Emirates
AED	UAE dirham
AF	Afghanistan
AFN	afghani
AG	Antigua and Barbuda
AI	Anguilla
AL	Albania
ALL	lek
AM	Armenia
AMD	dram (inv.)
AMEX	American Stock Exchange
AN	Netherlands Antilles
ANG	Netherlands Antillean guilder
ann	annualised
AO	Angola
AOA	kwanza
aop	average of period
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
AQ	Antarctica
AR	Argentina
ARS	Argentine peso
AS	American Samoa
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AT	Austria
AU	Australia
AUD	Australian dollar
AW	Aruba
AWG	Aruban guilder
AZ	Azerbaijan
AZM	Azerbaijani manat
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina
bal.	balance
BAM	Bosnian convertible mark
BB	Barbados
BBD	Barbados dollar
bbl	barrels
BD	Bangladesh
BDT	taka (inv.)
BE	Belgium
BF	Burkina Faso
BG	Bulgaria
BGN	lev (pl. leva)
BH	Bahrain
BHD	Bahraini dinar
BI	Burundi
BIF	Burundi franc
BIS	Bank for International Settlements
BJ	Benin
BM	Bermuda
BMD	Bermuda dollar
BN	Brunei Darussalam
BND	Brunei dollar
BO	Bolivia
BOB	boliviano
bp	basis points
BR	Brazil
BRL	Brazilian real (pl. reais)
BS	Bahamas
BSD	Bahamian dollar
BT	Bhutan
BTN	ngultrum (inv.)
BV	Bouvet Island
BW	Botswana
BWP	pula (inv.)
BY	Belarus
BYR	Belarusian rouble
BZ	Belize
BZD	Belize dollar
B2B	business-to-business
B2C	business-to-consumer
B2E	business-to-employee
CA	Canada
CAD	Canadian dollar
CC	Australian Oceania
CD	Congo, Dem. Rep.
CDF	Congolese franc
CEECs, CEE countries	Central and Eastern European countries
CF	Central African Republic
CG	Congo, Republic
CH	Switzerland
CHF	Swiss franc
CI	Cote d'Ivoire
CK	NZ Oceania (Cook Islands)
CL	Chile
CLP	Chilean peso
CM	Cameroon
CN	China
CNY	renminbi-yuan (inv.)
CO	Colombia
COP	Colombian peso
CPI	Consumer price index
CR	Costa Rica
CRC	Costa Rican colón (pl. colones)
CU	Cuba
CUP	Cuban peso
CV	Cape Verde
CVE	Cape Verde escudo
CX	Christmas Island
CY	Cyprus
CYP	Cyprus pound
CZ	Czech Republic
CZK	Czech koruna (pl. koruny)
DE	Germany
DEM	German Mark
DJ	Djibouti
DJF	Djibouti franc
DK	Denmark
DKK	Danish krone (pl. kroner)
DM	Dominica
DO	Dominican Republic
DOP	Dominican peso
DZ	Algeria
DZD	Algerian dinar
e	estimate (i.e. 2005e)
EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC	Ecuador
EC	European Community
ECB	European Central Bank
ECE	European Commission for Europe
ECOFIN-Council	European Union's Economic and Financial Affairs Council
E-Commerce	Electronic commerce
EE	Estonia
EEC	European Economic Community
EEK	Estonian kroon (pl. krooni)
EFTA	European Free Trade Association
EG	Egypt
EGP	Egyptian pound
EH	Western Sahara
EIB	European Investment Bank
EM	Emerging markets
EMBI	Emerging markets bond index
EMS	European Monetary System
EMU	European (Economic) Monetary Union
EMU-S8	The smaller members of EMU (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Portugal)
EMU-4	The 4 large EMU member states (France, Germany, Italy and Spain)
eop	end of period
EP	European Parliament
ER	Eritrea
ERM	Exchange Rate Mechanism
ERN	nakfa (inv.)
ES	Spain
ET	Ethiopia
ETB	Ethiopian birr (inv.)
EUR	Euro
EURATOM	European Atomic Energy Community
EURCO	European Composite Unit
Eurex	European Exchange
EURIBOR	Euro interbank offered rate
excl.	excluding
f	forecast (i.e. 2005f)
FDI	Foreign direct investment
Fed	Federal Reserve Bank
FI	Finland
FIBOR	Frankfurt interbank offered rate
FJ	Fiji
FJD	Fiji dollar
FK	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
FKP	Falkland Islands pound
FM	Micronesia, Federated States of
FO	Faroe Islands
FR	France
FTSE	Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
FX	Foreign exchange
FY	fiscal year
GA	Gabon
GATS	General Agreemant on Trade in Services
GB	United Kingdom
GBP	pound sterling
GD	Grenada
GDP	Gross domestic product
GE	Georgia
GEL	lari
GF	French Guiana
GG	Guernsey
GH	Ghana
GHC	cedi
GI	Gibraltar
GIP	Gibraltar pound
GL	Greenland
GM	Gambia
GMD	dalasi (inv.)
GN	Guinea
GNF	Guinean franc
GNP	Gross national product
GP	Guadeloupe
GQ	Equatorial Guinea
GR	Greece
GS	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
GT	Guatemala
GTQ	Guatemalan quetzal (pl. quetzales)
GU	Guam
GW	Guinea-Bissau
GY	Guyana
GYD	Guyanese dollar
HICP	harmonised index of consumer prices
HIPC	heavily indebted poor countries
HK	Hong Kong
HKD	Hong Kong dollar
HM	Heard Island and McDonald Islands
HN	Honduras
HNL	lempira
HR	Croatia
HRK	kuna (inv.)
HT	Haiti
HTG	gourde
HU	Hungary
HUF	forint (inv.)
H1 2005	1st half 2005
IAS	International Accounting Standards
ID	Indonesia
IDR	Indonesian rupiah (inv.)
IE	Ireland
IL	Israel
ILO	International Labour Organisation
ILS	new shekel
IM	Isle of Man
IN	India
INR	Indian rupee
IO	British Indian Ocean Territory
IPO	Initial public offering
IQ	Iraq
IQD	Iraqi dinar
IR	Iran
IRR	Iranian rial
IS	Iceland
ISK	Icelandic króna (pl. krónur)
IT	Information technology
IT	Italy
JE	Jersey
JM	Jamaica
JMD	Jamaica dollar
JO	Jordan
JOD	Jordanian dinar
JP	Japan
JPY	yen (inv.)
KE	Kenya
KES	Kenyan shilling
KG	Kyrgyzstan
KGS	som
KH	Cambodia
KHR	riel
KI	Kiribati
KM	Comoros
KMF	Comorian franc
KN	St. Kitts and Nevis
KP	Korea, Dem. Rep.
KPW	North Korean won (inv.)
KR	Korea, Rep.
KRW	South Korean won (inv.)
KW	Kuwait
KWD	Kuwaiti dinar
KY	Cayman Islands
KYD	Cayman Islands dollar
KZ	Kazakhstan
KZT	tenge (inv.)
LA	Lao PDR
LAK	kip (inv.)
LB	Lebanon
LBP	Lebanese pound
lc	local currency
LC	St. Lucia
LDC	Less developed countries
LI	Liechtenstein
LIBOR	London interbank offered rate
LK	Sri Lanka
LKR	Sri Lankan rupee
LR	Liberia
LRD	Liberian dollar
LS	Lesotho
LSE	London Stock Exchange
LSL	loti (pl. maloti)
LT	Lithuania
LTL	litas (pl. litai)
LU	Luxembourg
LV	Latvia
LVL	lats (pl. lati)
LY	Libya
LYD	Libyan dinar
MA	Morocco
MAD	Moroccan dirham
MC	Monaco
MD	Moldova
MDL	Moldovan leu (pl. lei)
ME	Montenegro
MEP	Member of the European Parliament
Mercosur	Mercado Común del Sur (free trade agreement between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)
MG	Madagascar
MGF	Malagasy franc
MH	Marshall Islands
MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MK	Macedonia
MKD	denar (inv.)
ML	Mali
MM	Myanmar
MMK	kyat
MN	Mongolia
MNT	tugrik
MO	Macau
mom	month-on-month
MOP	pataca
MP	Northern Mariana Islands
MQ	Martinique
MR	Mauritania
MRO	Mauritanian ouguiya
MS	Montserrat
MT	Malta
MTL	Maltese lira
MU	Mauritius
MUR	Mauritian rupee
MV	Maldives
MVR	rufiyaa
MW	Malawi
MWK	Malawian kwacha (inv.)
MX	Mexico
MXN	Mexican peso
MY	Malaysia
MYR	Malaysian ringgit (inv.)
MZ	Mozambique
MZM	metical (pl. meticais)
M3	Money supply M3
NA	Namibia
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement (between USA, Canada and Mexico)
NASDAQ	National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NC	New Caledonia
NCB	National central bank
NE	Niger
NF	Norfolk Islands
NG	Nigeria
NGN	naira (inv.)
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
NI	Nicaragua
NIKKEI	Japanese stock index
NIO	córdoba oro
NL	Netherlands
NO	Norway
NOK	Norwegian krone (pl. kroner)
nom	nominal
NP	Nepal
NPO	Non-profit organisation
NPR	Nepalese rupee
NR	Nauru
nsa	non-seasonally adjusted
NU	Niue
NYSE	New York Stock Exchange
NZ	New Zealand
NZD	New Zealand dollar
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OM	Oman
OMR	Omani rial
p.a.	per annum
PA	Panama
PAB	balboa
PAYG	Pay-as-you-go
PE	Peru
PEN	new sol
PF	French Polynesia
PG	Papua New Guinea
PGK	kina (inv.)
PH	Philippines
PHP	Philippine peso
PK	Pakistan
PKR	Pakistani rupee
PL	Poland
PLN	zloty
PM	St. Pierre and Miquelon
PM	Prime minister
PN	Pitcairn
pp	percentage points
PPI	Producer Price Index
PPP	Purchasing Power Parity
PR	Puerto Rico
PT	Portugal
PW	Palau
PY	Paraguay
PYG	guaraní (pl. guaraníes)
QA	Qatar
QAR	Qatari riyal
qoq	quarter-on-quarter
Q1 2005	1st quarter 2005
RE	Reunion
REER	Real exchange rate
RO	Romania
ROE	return on equity
ROL	Romanian leu (pl. lei)
RS	Serbia
RU	Russia
RUB	rouble
RW	Rwanda
RWF	Rwandese franc
sa	seasonally adjusted
SA	Saudi Arabia
saar	seasonally adjusted annual rate
SAR	Saudi riyal
SB	Solomon Islands
SBD	Solomon Islands dollar
SC	Seychelles
SCM	Supply chain management
SCR	Seychelles rupee
SD	Sudan
SDD	Sudanese dinar
SE	Sweden
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
SEK	Swedish krona (pl. kronor)
SG	Singapore
SGD	Singapore dollar
SH	St. Helena
SHP	Saint Helena pound
SI	Slovenia
SIT	tolar
SJ	Svalbard and Jan Mayen
SK	Slovakia
SKK	Slovak koruna (pl. koruny)
SL	Sierra Leone
SLL	leone
SM	San Marino
SN	Senegal
SO	Somalia
SOS	Somali shilling
S&P	Standard & Poor's
SR	Suriname
SRG	Suriname guilder
SS	Republic of South Sudan
ST	Sao Tome and Principe
STD	dobra
SV	El Salvador
SY	Syrian Arab Republic
SYP	Syrian pound
SZ	Swaziland
SZL	lilangeni (pl. emalangeni)
T-bill	Treasury bills
TC	Turks and Caicos Islands
TD	Chad
TF	French Southern Territories
TG	Togo
TH	Thailand
THB	baht (inv.)
TJ	Tajikistan
TJS	somoni
TK	Tokelau
TL	East Timor
TM	Turkmenistan
TMM	Turkmen manat (inv.)
TN	Tunisia
TND	Tunisian dinar
TO	Tonga
TOP	pa'anga (inv.)
ToT	Terms of trade
tr	trillion
TR	Turkey
TRL	Turkish lira
TT	Trinidad and Tobago
TTD	Trinidad and Tobago dollar
TV	Tuvalu
TW	Taiwan
TWD	new Taiwan dollar
TZ	Tanzania
TZS	Tanzanian shilling
UA	Ukraine
UAH	hryvnia
UG	Uganda
UGX	Ugandan shilling
UM	Minor outlying islands (USA)
UMTS	Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UNCITRAL	United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNECE	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
US	United States
USD	US Dollar
UY	Uruguay
UYU	Uruguayan peso
UZ	Uzbekistan
UZS	sum (inv.)
VA	Vatican City State
VAT	Value added tax
VC	St. Vincent and the Gr.
VC	Venture capital
VE	Venezuela
VEB	bolívar
VG	Virgin Islands, British
VI	Virgin Islands, U.S.
VN	Vietnam
VND	dong
Vol.	Volume
VU	Vanuatu
VUV	vatu (inv.)
WEF	World Economic Forum
WF	Wallis and Futuna
WS	Samoa (Western)
WST	tala (inv.)
WTO	World Trade Organization
XAF	CFA franc
XCD	Eastern Caribbean dollar
XOF	CFA franc
XPF	CFP franc
YE	Yemen
YER	Yemeni rial
yoy	year-on-year
YT	Mayotte
YU	Yugoslavia (Former Yugosl.)
Y2K	Year 2000
ZA	South Africa
ZAR	rand
ZM	Zambia
ZMK	Zambian kwacha (inv.)
ZW	Zimbabwe
ZWD	Zimbabwe dollar
10Y	10-year~
3M	3-month ~