ABCP – Asset Backed Commercial Paper
ABS – Asset-Backed Securities
ACMA – Automobile Components
Manufacturing Association of India
AD – Authorised Dealer
ADF – Augmented Dicky Fuller
ARM – Adjustable Rate Mortgages
BCBS – Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BIS – Bank for International Settlements
BoP – Balance of Payments
BPO – Business Process Outsourcing
CAD – Current Account Deficit
CBRG – Cross-Border Bank Resolution
Group
CBO – Congressional Budget Office
CDOs – Collateralised Debt Obligations
CDS – Credit Default Swaps
CESR – Committee of European Securities
Regulators
CFPA – Consumer Financial Protection
Agency
CMBS – Commercial Mortgage-Backed
Securities
CP – Commercial Paper
CPI – Consumer Price Index
CPFF – Commercial Paper Funding Facility
CPSS – Committee on Payment and
Settlement Systems
CRAs – Credit Rating Agencies
CRAR – Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
Ratio
CRR – Cash Reserve Ratio
CVD – Countervailing Duty
EC – European Commission
ECB – European Central Bank
Ecofin – Economic and Financial Affairs
Council
EMEs – Emerging Market Economies
EMPI – Exchange Market Pressure Index
ESF – Exogenous Shock Facility
ERM – Exchange Rate Mechanism
ESFS – European System of Financial
Supervisors
ESRC – European Systemic Risk Council
FASB – Financial Accounting Standards
Board
FBT – Fringe Benefit Tax
FCL – Flexible Credit Line
FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FHCs – Financial Holding Companies
FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation
FIIs – Foreign Institutional Investors
FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion
Board
FSI – Financial Stress Indicator
FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA – Financial Services Authority
FSCS – Financial Services Compensation
Scheme
FTC – Federal Trade Commission
GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles
GDP – Gross Domestic Product
GECC – Global Economic Co-ordination
Council
GFD – Gross Fiscal Deficit
GFSR – Global Financial Stability Report
GIMF – Global Integrated Monetary and
Fiscal
GPRF – Global Food Crisis Response Programme
GSDP – Gross State Domestic Product
DTA – Domestic Tariff Areas
HFCs – Housing Finance Companies
HP – Hodrick-Prescott
HKMA – Hong Kong Monetary Authority
IASB – International Accounting Standards
Board
IFC – International Finance Corporation
IFRS – International Financial Reporting
Standards
IIFCL – India Infrastructure Finance Company
Limited
INFRA – Infrastructure Recovery and
Assets
IMF – International Monetary Fund
IMFC – International Monetary and Financial
Committee
IOSCO – International Organization of
Securities Commissions
IPAs – Issuing and Paying Agents
IPOs – Initial Public Offerings
IRB – Internal Rating Based
IT – Information Technology
ITEs – Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures
(ITEs)
ITES – Information Technology-enabled
Services
LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility
LCBGs – Large and Complex Banking
Groups
LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
LIBOR – London Inter-Bank Offer Rate
LOLR – Lender of Last Resort
MAS – Monetary Authority of Singapore
MBS – Mortgage Backed Securities
MFIs – Micro-Finance Institutions
MIBOR – Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate
MIGA – Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency
MSMEs – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
MSS – Market Stabilisation Scheme
MTM – Mark-to-Market
M&As – Mergers and Acquisitions
NAB – New Arrangements to Borrow
NBFCs – Non-Banking Financial Companies
NBS – National Bank Supervisor
NCBP – Non-Concessional Borrowing
Policy
NDA – Net Domestic Asset
NDTL – Net Demand and Time Liability
NFA – Net Foreign Assets
NFC – Non-Food Credit
NMF – Investment by Mutual Funds
NPLs – Non-Performing Loans
NRSROs – Nationally Recognised Securities
Rating Organisations
OBSVs – Off-Balance Sheet Vehicles
OCR – Ordinary Capital Resources
OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation
and Development
OIS – Overnight Indexed Swap
OLS – Ordinary Least Squares
OMO – Open Market Operation
ONI – Office of National Insurance
OTC – Over-the-Counter
OTD – Originate-to-Distribute
OTH – Originate-to-Hold
OTS – Office of Thrift Supervision
OBSEs – Off-Balance Sheet Entities
PDIC – Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation
PDs – Primary Dealers
PPAC – Petroleum Planning Analysis Cell
PPP – Public Private Partnership
PRGF – Poverty Reduction and Growth
Facility
PVAR – Panel Vector Auto-Regression
REER – Real Effective Exchange Rate
RMBS – Residential Mortgage-Backed
Securities
RWA – Risk-Weighted Assets
SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of
India
SEC – Securities and Exchange
Commission
SEP – Supervisory Enhancement
Programme
SEZs – Special Economic Zones
SHGs – Self-Help Groups
SIDBI – Small Industries Development
Bank of India
SDL – State Development Loan
SIVs – Structured Investment Vehicles
SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SMEs – Small and Medium Enterprises
SMO – Special Market Operation
SSMB – Standard Setting and Monitoring
Body
SSIs – Small-Scale Industries
StAR – Stolen Asset Recovery
S&L – Savings and Loan Associations
TAF – Term Auction Facility
TARP – Troubled Asset Relief Program
TFFP – Trade Facilitation Programme
TUF – Technology Upgradation Fund
UNWTO – United Nations World Tourism
Organization
VAR – Vector Autoregression
WADR – Weighted Average Discount Rate
WEO – World Economic Outlook
WTO – World Trade Organisation |