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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page1The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
100 percent reserve banking narrow banking
16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 16
1977 Decision on Surveillance over Exchange Rate Policies 1977 Surveillance Decision
1995 ESA ESA 1995 European system of accounts 1995
2007 Decision on Bilateral Surveillance
2007
21st Century Initiative [WB]
21st Century Strategy [OECD] Strategy 21 S-21
75th percentile method
a few
a number of [IMF]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page2The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
AAA bank
AAA debtor
AAA rating triple-A rating
abandonment
abate, to
abatement
ABCP Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility AMLF
abode
above face value [securities] above par above par value at a premium
above par value
above the line
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page3The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
above-the-line item [budget] above-the-line entry
absentee rate
absolute advantage
absolute exchange rate
absolute poverty
absolute value
absolutely converging
absorb
absorbed company [enterprises]
absorbing company [enterprises] surviving company
absorption
absorption approach to the balance of trade absorption approach
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page4The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
absorptive capacity absorption capacity
abstract number
abstract of title
Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development ADFAED
Abu Dhabi Securities Market ADSM
abuse of law
abuse of power
academic qualifications
Accelerated Access Initiative [World Bank]
accelerated and shared growth initiative [South Africa] ASGI-SA
accelerated cost recovery system ACRS
accelerated purchase
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page5The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
accelerated rate of depreciation accelerated depreciation
acceleration clause
accelerator principle accelerator
acceptance credit
acceptance house
acceptance limit [SDR designation]
) (
acceptance of membership [BL]
acceptance of SDRs
acceptance sampling
access limit [IMF]
access policy and access limits [IMF]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page7The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
accommodative monetary policy accommodating policy accommodating stance accommodation easy monetary policy monetary accommodation
Accord Implementation Group AIG
account mandate [banking]
accountability [GFSM]
Accountant [IMF-FIN]
Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions [FSIG] AAOIFI
accounting basis
accounting concept
accounting conventions [GDDS]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page8The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
accounting cross exchange rate
accounting currency
accounting date [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
accounting equation balance sheet equation accounting identity
Accounting Office Court of Accounts
accounting period
accounting practices accounting methods accounting procedures
accounting rate book rate
accounting standards accounting principles accounting rules
accounting system
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page9The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
accounting unit accounting entity
accounts and departments [IMF]
Accounts and Financial Reports Division
accounts of the IMF in member countries IMF accounts in member countries
Accounts Payable Unit [FIN/AX/AP]
accounts payable payables
accounts receivable
Accra Agenda for Action AAA Triple A
accrual basis
accrual basis accounting accrual accounting
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page10The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
accruals [accounting]
accrued annual leave [IMF-HRD]
accrued charges [IMF]
accrued expenses [accounting]
accrued income accrued revenue accrued asset
accrued interest
accrued interest receivable
accrued sick leave [IMF-HRD]
accrued to the date of liquidation [AA]
accruing liabilities
accumulated depreciation accrued depreciation
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page11The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
accumulation account
accumulation flows
accumulation of arrears
accumulation of external arrears
accuracy and reliability [DQAF]
acid rain
acid-test ratio [USA] quick asset ratio quick ratio cash ratio [corporations] absolute liquid ratio
ACP-EEC Convention (between the African, Caribbean, and Pacific States and the European Economic Community) Lom Convention
acquaintance mission [IMF] exploratory mission
acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS
)(
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page12The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
acquired rights clause grandfather clause
acquiring bank
acquis communautaire
acquisition
acquisition approach [CPI; GFSM 2001; MFSM 2000] acquisition approach to interest expense
acquisition cost
acquisition of non-produced, nonfinancial assets [BPM5, SNA]
] - 1993 [
acquisition of SDRs [IMF]
Acropolypse
) ()Acropolypse(
across-the-board ex-post sequestration
across-the-board protectionist measures
act of consent [IMF quotas]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page13The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
act of God natural disaster
acting
Acting ... [IMF]
..
action of the Fund relating to restrictions [AA]
] -1993 [
Action Program for Development
actionable subsidy
activate
activation review [CCL]
active account
active claim
active investor
active labor market programs [World Bank] ALMPs
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page14The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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active management
active money
activist policy discretionary policy active policy
activity ratio
activity report [IMF]
actual exchange rate
actual final consumption
actual GNP
actual income
actual interest yield effective yield
actual rate of return
actual revenues/expenditures
/
actuals
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page15The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
actuarial deficit
actuarial reserve [insurance]
actuarial valuation actuary's valuation
Ad Hoc Committee on International Terrorism
Ad Hoc Committee on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the United Nations System [UN]
Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Restrictive Business Practices [UNCTAD]
ad hoc quota boosters
ad hoc quota increase
ad hoc request [IMF quotas]
ad referendum
) (
ad valorem royalty AVR
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page16The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
ad valorem tariff
ad valorem [taxation]
adaptable program loan [IBRD] APL
Adaptation Fund
adaptive efficiency
adaptive expectations
adaptive research
additionality
additive operation [mathematics]
additivity
add-on account [retirement pensions]
adequacy of financing
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page17The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
adequacy of reserves reserves adequacy
adequacy of the Fund's financial resources
adequate safeguards [IMF]
adjoint matrix
adjustable exchange rate
adjustable rate mortgage ARM adjustable-mortgage loan AML variable-rate mortgage VRM
adjustable rate floating interest rate floating rate variable rate variable-rate interest
adjusted overall fiscal balance [GFSM 2001]
adjustment equation
adjustment fatigue
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page18The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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adjustment of charges [IMF]
adjustment of quotas [IMF]
adjustment of the peg
adjustment path
adjustment process
adjustment program [IMF]
adjustment to cash basis [IFS] adjustment to cash
adjustment transaction [GFS 1986]
adjustment with growth
Administered Account - country [IMF - contribution from a country]
) (
Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities - Japan [IMF]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page19The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Administered Account [IMF]
administered price controlled price administrative price
administration of control [AREAER]
administration of liquidation [AA]
] -1993 [
administration of restrictions [IMF]
administration order [UK]
administrative action
Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director [IMF-OED]
Administrative Assistant [IMF]
administrative budget [IMF]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page20The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Administrative Circular [IMF document series; AC/...] AC
Administrative Committee on Coordination [UN] ACC
Administrative Division [INS/AV]
Administrative Expenditures and Control Division [FIN/AX] AECD
administrative expenses [IMF] administrative costs
administrative fees and charges [GFS 1986]
administrative law
Administrative Law Unit [IMF-LEG]
administrative machinery
Administrative Officer [IMF] AO
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page21The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Administrative Payments Section [FIN/AX/AP]
administrative receiver [insolvency, UK] receiver
administrative receivership [insolvency, UK]
Administrative Services Division
Administrative Services [TGS/D]
Administrative Tribunal [IMF]
administrator [insolvency, UK]
ADR ADS American depositary receipt [USA] American depositary share
advance
advance deposit import deposit
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page22The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
advance mission [IMF]
advance payment
advance payment bond
advance redemption advance repayment
advance release calendar ARC
advanced country
advancement of women
adverse feedback loop negative feedback loop
adverse option [audit] adverse opinion adverse audit opinion
adverse selection [banking; insurance]
advertising, market research, and public opinion polling [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page23The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Advisor on Diversity, Senior [IMF-HRD]
Advisor on Work Practices [IMF-OMD]
Advisor to the Executive Director [IMF-OED]
Advisor [IMF]
Advisor, Senior [IMF]
Advisory Committee on Risk Management ACRM
Advisory Group on Sub-Saharan Africa AGSA
advisory opinion
advisory report [IMF]
advocacy role [IMF, capital account liberalization]
affidavit
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page24The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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affiliated enterprise affiliate
affirmative action
affirmative covenant positive covenant
affluence test means test
affluent society
Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund [IBRD]
Afghanistan The Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
Africa Action Plan [G-8] G8 Africa Action Plan Kananaskis Africa Action Plan
Africa Capacity Building Initiative [IMF]
Africa Enterprise Fund [IBRD-IFC] AEF
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page25The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Africa Guarantee Facility AGF
Africa Project Development Facility [AfDB-IFC-UNDP] APDF
Africa Regional Division [MCM/R1]
African Capacity Building Foundation ACBF
African Capacity Building Fund
African Capacity Building Initiative [IBRD-AfDB-UNDP] ACBI
African Capacity Building Trust Fund [World Bank] Capacity Building Trust Fund [World Bank] CBTF
African Caucus [IMF]
) ( ) (
African Centre for Monetary Studies ACMS
African Common Market
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page26The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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African Consultative Group ACG
African countries of the franc zone African countries of the CFA zone
African Cultural Institute ACI
African Department [IMF] AFR
African Development Bank AfDB ADB
African Development Fund AfDF ADF
African Development Report
African Division [INS/AC]
African Economic Policy Reform Program AEPRP
African Economic Research Consortium AERC
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page27The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
African Enterprise Fund FEA
African Export-Import Bank AFREXIMBANK
African Financial Community [BCEAO] CFA
African Forum and Network on Debt and Development AFRODAD
African Groundnut Council AGC
African Group I [IMF-IBRD] Africa Group I Constituency
)1( )1(
African Group II [IMF-IBRD] Africa Group II Constituency
)2( )2(
African Group [IMF-IBRD] Group of African Governors African Caucus
African Growth and Opportunity Act [USA] AGOA
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page28The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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African Institute for Economic and Social Development
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning [ECA] IDEP
African Institute of Informatics
African Management Services Company [World Bank] AMSCO
African National Congress
African peer review mechanism [NEPAD] APRM
African Platform of Action [UN; World Conference on Women]
African Regional Technical Assistance Center AFRITAC
African Round Table
African Trade Centre [ECA]
African Union AU
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page29The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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African Virtual University AVU
) (
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ACP Group ACP States
Africa's Priority Programme for Economic Recovery, 1986-1990 [UN]
1986-1990
Afro-Latin Seminar on International Trade Law and Policy [IBRD]
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after taxes
age analysis (of accounts)
)(
agency
agency bank
agency bond agency debt
agency debenture
agency debt market
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page30The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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agency fee [capital market]
Agency for Air Traffic Safety in Africa and Madagascar [Madagascar] ASECNA
Agency for International Development [USA] AID USAID
agency transaction [GFS 1986]
Agenda 2010 [GER]
2010
Agenda 21 [UNCED] Environment and Development Agenda Program of Action for Sustainable Development [UN]
Agenda and Procedures Committee [IMF] APC
Agenda for Development
agenda [IMF, Executive Board]
/
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page31The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Agenda Executive Board Agenda [IMF document series]
agent
agent's fees [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
agflation
agglomeration economies
agglomeration urban agglomeration
agglomerative hierarchical methods
aggregate calculated quota share
aggregate data
aggregate demand
aggregate demand function
aggregate poverty reduction
aggregate real gross national product aggregate real GNP
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page32The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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aggregate supply
aggregate supply function
aggregate time series
aggregating body [EITI, Mining Reporting Guidelines]
aggregation
aggregation bias
aggregation point sampling
aggregation, degree of
aggregator bank bad bank
aggressive investor
aggressive tax planning
aging of the population aging population
agreed higher limit [IMF, access policy]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page33The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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agreed minute [Paris Club]
agreement
agreement in principle [debt restructuring]
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures [WTO] ASCM
Agreement on the European Economic Area [EU] EEA Agreement
agreement, use by [SDR]
agribusiness agroindustries
agricultural crops crops
Agricultural Development Bank AgBank
agricultural exporter
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page34The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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agricultural extension services agricultural extension extension services
agricultural sector adjustment credit ASAC
agricultural sector adjustment project ASAP
agricultural, mining, and on-site processing [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting [GFSM; GFSY]
aid effectiveness
aid flows
Aid for Trade
aid fragmentation
aid missions and services [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
aid-by-trade concept
aid-dependence syndrome
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page35The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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aide-mmoire [IMF]
air transport [GFSM; BPM5]
] - 1993 [
aircraft
] - 1993 [
aircraft insurance [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
airport fees [BPM5, SNA]
] - 1993 [
algorism
alien registration requirements [AA]
] -1993 [
alleviation of poverty
Alliance for Progress [USA] AP
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo
all-inclusive concept
allocate
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page36The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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allocation
allocation cartel
)(
allocation mechanism
allocation of SDRs SDR allocation
allocations and allotments [GFS 1986]
allocative efficiency of resources Pareto efficiency Pareto optimal Pareto optimality Paretian optimality
allocative key
allotted number of votes [IMF]
allowance for loan and lease loss ALLL
all-purpose credit
alternative measure of variability
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page37The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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alternative minimum tax [USA]
alternative recipient system
alternative scenario [WEO]
alternative sources of energy
Alternative-A Mortgage [USA] ALT-A Mortgage
Amanah deposit [Islamic banking]
amended Articles of Agreement [IMF] Articles of Agreement as amended
amendment (to the Articles of Agreement) [IMF]
) (
amendment [SNA93]
] -1993 [
American Bar Association [USA] ABA
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page38The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Recovery Act
American Stock Exchange Amex the Curb
American-style option [securities market] American option
AML ROSC module
AML supervisory principles
amortization
) (
amortization abroad [GFSY]
amortization profile
amortization schedule
amount of access [IMF]
) (
amount outstanding
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page39The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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amount payable forthwith
An Agenda for Peace : Preventive Diplomacy, Peace Making and Peace Keeping
:
Analysis and Control Section
Analysis and Control Unit
analytic framework analytical framework
Analytical and Advisory Activities AAA
analytical and advisory services program [[WB]]
Analytical Framework for Financial Stability Analysis [IMF]
anchor currency
anchor unit [IBRD]
anchor [monetary policy]
anchored inflation expectations
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page40The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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ancillary departmental enterprise
] - 1989 [
ancillary meetings [IMF-IBRD Annual Meetings]
ancillary services
Andean Common Market ANCOM
Andean Development Corporation ADC
Andean Group
anecdotal evidence
Anglophone Africa Division/Area AA AFR1
/
animals for breeding, show or racing [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
animals for racing [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
animals for show [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page41The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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annual arrangement [ESAF, PRGF]
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics [World Bank] ABCDE
Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean [World Bank] ABCD-LAC
annual leave [IMF-HRD]
Annual Meetings (of the Boards of Governors) of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank [IMF-World Bank] Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors Annual Meetings
annual overlap technique
Annual Report of the Executive Board [IMF] Annual Report
Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions [IMF; publication not translated] AREAER ARER
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page42The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Annual Report on Portfolio Performance [IBRD] ARPP
annualize
annuity
annuity insurance
antedated check
anticipated growth rate
anticipatory purchase
] [
anticompetitive practices
anticyclical reserve fund
anticyclical tax
antidumping duty
antimode [statistics]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page43The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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anti-money laundering measure
anti-money laundering AML
anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism AML/CFT
antiseptic wipe
anti-surge provisions anti-surge mechanism anti-surge measure
antiviral drug
apex institution
apparent consumption
Appeals Board [NATO]
Appellate Body [WTO]
applicant country [EU]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page44The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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application for membership [IMF]
appointed Executive Director [IMF]
apportionment of appropriations [USA]
apportionment of credit apportionment of a loan
appreciate
) (
appropriate market rate [debt] AMR
appropriate technology
appropriation
appropriation ceiling
appropriation-in-aid [budget]
approximate cash basis [GFS 1986]
] - 1989 [
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page45The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Arab accounting dinar [AMF] AAD
Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development AAAID
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa ABEDA BADEA
Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands [League of Arab States] ACSAD
)(
Arab Common Market ACM
Arab Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism
Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization ALECSO
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development AFESD
Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization AIDMO
Arab Industrial Development Organization AIDO
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page46The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Arab League
Arab Maghreb Union AMU
Arab Monetary Fund AMF
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development AOAD
Arab Organization for Human Rights AOHR
Arab Planning Institute API
Arab Tourism Federation ATU
Arab Tourism Organization ATU
Arab Tourism Union ATU
Arab-African International Bank
Arab-African Union
Arabian light
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page47The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Arabic and Russian Division [TGS/LB]
-
Arabic Section [TGS]
Arab-led syndicated Euroloan
Arab-to-Arab Eurolending
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arbitrage
arbitrage condition
arbitrager arbitrageur
arbitrary value [tax assessment, statistics]
arbitration clause
arbitrator [AA]
arc elasticity
architectural, engineering, and other technical services
] - 1993 [
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page48The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Archives and Electronic Records Unit [SEC/RC/AR/AE]
Archives and Records Management Section [TGS/DI/AR]
Archives and Records Section
Archivist
area department [IMF]
area sampling
argument [mathematics]
arithmetic mean mean
arithmetical average arithmetic average [CPI]
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [UN] ACDA
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page49The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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arm's length pricing principle arm's length price
arm's length [trade]
Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles [GATT] Multifibre Arrangement
arrangements
array
arrears clearance [post-conflict assistance]
arrears country [IMF] country with payment arrears
Arrow-Debreu model
-
Art/Drafting Unit [TGS/DG/GR/AD]
Article IV
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page50The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Article IV consultation discussions [IMF] consultation discussions
Article IV consultations [IMF]
Article VIII country [IMF]
Article VIII obligations [IMF]
Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund [IMF] Articles of Agreement Fund Agreement Articles of the Fund
artificial person legal entity corporation corporate body
artisanal industry cottage industry
Arusha Declaration
as amended
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page51The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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as needed [ESAF; HIPC] on an as needed basis [HIPC initiative]
as relevant [GDDS]
ASEAN3
3
ASEAN-4 countries
Asia and Pacific Department [IMF] APD
Asia and Pacific Regional Division [MCM/R2]
Asia Division/Area 1 [MFD/AI/AP] APD1
/ )1(
Asia Division/Area 2 [MFD/AI/AP] APD2
/ )(
Asian Bond Fund
Asian Bond Market Initiative ABMI
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page52The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Asian Clearing Union ACU
Asian Currency Unit ACU
Asian Development Bank AsDB ADB
Asian Development Fund ADF
Asian Division [INS/AN]
Asian dollar
Asian Institute for Economic Development and Planning AIEDP
Asian noodle bowl
Asian Productivity Organization APO
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page53The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum APEC APEC Council APEC Forum Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Asia-Pacific Economic Forum
assessment letter [IMF] comfort letter assessment statement
assessment mission [IMF-IBRD]
Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation AFSSR
assessment roll [taxation] assessment list
assessment [SNA93]
assessor [taxation]
asset
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page54The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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asset allocation portfolio allocation
asset class
asset encumbrance
asset holdings
asset liability management ALM
asset operation
asset preference
asset price bubble bubble asset bubble
asset quality
asset recovery
asset stripping
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page55The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
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asset swap
asset-backed commercial paper ABCP
asset-backed securities index ABX
asset-backed securities ABS
asset-holding entity
assets outstanding [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
assignment
Assistant to the Director [IMF]
Assistant to the Secretary [IMF-SEC]
Associate [IMF]
associated borrowing arrangement [IMF, GAB] associated agreement
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page56The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
associated enterprise associate associated company
associated group [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
association agreement [EC]
Association for Financial Markets in Europe AFME
Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in AfricaAAASA
Association of African Central Banks AACB
Association of African Development Finance Institutions AADFI
Association of Bank Supervisory Agencies in Latin America
Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific ADFIAP
Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries APEF
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page57The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Association of National Numbering Agencies [Brussels, Belgium] ANNA S.C.
Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries ANRPC
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN
)(
assume debt
assumed mean
assumption
assumption of debt debt assumption
assumption of normality normality assumption
assurances of integrity [GDDS]
assured payment system [securities settlement systems]
assured use [SDR]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page58The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
asymmetric exchange rate intervention asymmetrical intervention asymmetric intervention
asymptote
asymptotic expansion
asymptotic properties large sample properties
asymptotic theory
asymptotically efficient estimate
at the border [measures, effects, etc.] border [measures, effects, etc.]
( ( ( (
Atlantic Division [WHD/AT]
atomistic competitor
attachment
)(
Attali Commission for the Liberation of French Growth Attali Commission
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page59The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
attendance list
at-the-money option
attribution of production
attrition
attrition rate
auction bid form
auction price [economics]
auction rate [exchange rates]
auction sale auction
auction-rate security ARS
Audio/Visual Services Unit [TGS/DF/FO/AV]
audiovisual and related services [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page60The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
audit
audit committee
audit firm rotation
audit office auditing department
audit opinion
audit partner rotation
Audit Principal, Senior [IMF-OIA]
audit testing [USA]
audit trail
audited financial statements
auditing standard audit standard
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page61The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Auditor [IMF-OIA]
Auditor, Senior [IMF-OIA]
augmentation of resources [IMF]
) (
augmented balance
augmented resources [IMF] augmented Fund resources
austerity program
australasia
Australia East Timor Rural Development Program AETRDP
authority to allocate special drawing rights
authorization date
] - 1993 [
authorization budget authorization
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page62The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
authorized bank [exchange market]
authorized capital
autocorrelation serial correlation
Automated Clearing House ACH
automated standard application for payments ASAP
Automated System for Customs Data [UNCTAD] ASYCUDA Automated System for Customs Data and Management Automated System for Customs Data Acquisition, Control and Management [UNCTAD]
automated teller machine [banking] ATM
automatic budgetary stabilizer
automatic data processing ADP
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page63The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
automatic stabilizer built-in stabilizer
Automatic Transfer Services Account [USA] ATS Account
autonomous consumption
autonomous investment
autonomous variable
autoregression
autoregressive model
autoregressive process
auxiliary measures
auxiliary services
availability fee
availability payment
available central government [GFS 1986]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page64The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
available-for-sale financial asset available for sale asset available for sale AFS
average
average daily balance
average effective tax rate AETR
average percentage change [CPI]
%
Average Petroleum Spot Prices [IMF, WEO] APSP Average Petroleum Spot Price
average price change [CPI]
average-inflation country
averaging provision reserve requirement averaging
avian flu pandemic
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page65The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
avian influenza avian flu bird flu
avoidance of cross-conditionality [IMF]
awaiting clearance [AA]
] -1993 [
award system [Australia]
award [procurement]
)(
axiometry
baby boom
) (
baby boomer
back donor
back office
backcast backcasting
backchecking
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page66The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
background paper
backline services [IBRD]
backloaded stimulus package
back-loading [IMF]
backstopping facilities
backstopping [IMF technical assistance]
backtest [bank supervision] backtesting
back-to-back credit back-to-back loan
back-to-back guarantee
back-to-back missions [IMF]
-
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troper eciffo-ot-kcab OTB troper ruoh-thgie-ytrof feirbed ]FMI[
84
enil pu-kcab
egaknil drawkcab ]yrtsudni[
gnitfihs drawkcab
noitadrawkcab
snoitatcepxe gnikool-drawkcab
noitaxedni gnikool-drawkcab
tessa dab
naol dab tbed dab ]gnitnuocca[
seef egaggab
[ 3991 - ]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page68The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bail in
) (
bail out rescue
bailout rescue
) (
Baker initiative Baker plan Program for Sustained Growth
balance of payments analysis
Balance of Payments and External Debt Division I, II [STA/A1, A2]
) ()(
balance of payments assistance balance of payments support
Balance of Payments Compilation Guide
balance of payments constraint
balance of payments deficit payments deficit
balance of payments equilibrium
balance of payments financing
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page69The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
balance of payments flows
balance of payments identity [BOP]
Balance of Payments Manual - 5th edition BPM5
- 1993
Balance of Payments Manual [IMF] BPM
balance of payments need [IMF]
Balance of Payments Newsletter [IMF]
balance of payments position payments position
balance of payments report [BPM5]
balance of payments statement [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook [IMF] BOPSY
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page70The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
balance of payments statistics BOP statistics
balance of payments surplus
balance of payments test [IMF]
Balance of Payments Textbook [IMF]
balance of payments [IFS; SNA93]
balance of risks
balance of trade trade balance [IFS]
balance on hand
balance sheet account
balance sheet accounting [SNA 93]
balance sheet approach to financial crisis balance sheet approach
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page71The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
balance sheet basis, on a [BPM5]
balance sheet channel broad credit channel
balance sheet cleansing balance sheet clean-up
balance sheet consolidation consolidation of balance sheets consolidated balance sheet
balance sheet mismatch
balance sheet revaluation [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
balance sheet value [SNA, BPM5]
balance sheet vulnerabilities
balance sheet general balance sheet statement of financial position statement of financial condition statement of condition statement of assets and liabilities balance sheet statement
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page72The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
balance statement [SNA]
] - 1993 [
balance [SNA93; accounting]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act [USA] Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
- -
balanced budget multiplier
balanced budget neutral budget
balanced distribution of holdings [IMF]
balanced growth
balanced half-samples BHS balanced repeated replication BRR
balanced positions [IMF]
balances due to banks abroad [GMBS]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page73The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
balance-sheet effect
balancing item
balancing statement [SNA]
Balassa-Samuelson Effect
-
Bali Action Plan
Bali Roadmap
balloon loan
Baltic countries, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union BRO
Baltic Division
Baltic states
bandpass filter
bank advisory committee [London Club] advisory committee steering committee
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page74The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Bank Al-Maghrib [Morocco]
bank assessment
bank balance sheet restructuring
bank call
) (
bank call report form bank report form report form [IFS]
bank call report call report
bank cash ratio
bank debits
bank draft [SNA93] banker's draft
bank examination
bank failure
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page75The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Bank for International Settlements BIS
bank holding company [FSIG]
bank insurance fund BIF
bank liquidity ratio
bank loan [GFS 1986] bank advances
bank money
bank money order
bank note redemption [currency]
Bank of Central African States BEAC
bank of issue currency issuing agency
bank prudential indicator
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page76The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bank reconciliation
) (
bank resolution mechanism
bank return
bank run bank panic run on a bank run on deposits
bank secrecy
Bank Secrecy Act [U.S.] BSA Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act
bank supervision banking supervision
bank supervisors
bank writedowns
Bank/Fund Conferences Office [SEC/AI/BF] BFCO
banker's acceptance bank acceptance
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page77The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bankers' bank
bankers' deposit [central bank]
bankers' reserves
)(
Bank-Fund AML assessment
Bank-Fund Financial Sector Liaison Committee [IMF-WB] FSLC
banking
banking advisory group [IFC]
banking authorities
banking book
banking soundness
Banking Supervision and Regulation Division
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page78The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
banking survey [GMBS; IFS]
banklike institutions, other [GMBS]
banknote migration
banknote, uncirculated [BOP]
] - 1993 [
banknotes and coins
bankruptcy
bankruptcy law
banks in distress distressed banks
bar chart bar graph
bar [gold]
bargaining position
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page79The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bargaining power
barrel(s) of oil equivalent BOE
) ( /
barrier to entry [trade]
barter
barter economy
base case lending scenario [World Bank, CAS]
base effect
base money monetary base reserve money central bank money high-powered money
base page
base period
base year [statistics] reference year
-
zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page80The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Basel Capital Accord [BIS]
Basel capital adequacy ratio [MPI] capital adequacy rules
Basel capital deductions [MPI]
Basel capital [MPI]
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision BCBS Basel Committee Cooke Committee
Basel Concordat [BIS]
Basel II [BIS]
2
baseline feature [IMF]
baseline projection
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page81The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
baseline scenario [IMF] reference scenario RS benchmark scenario trend scenario business-as-usual scenario BAU nonintervention scenario
base-to-income elasticity
base-weighted price index base-weighted index Laspeyres index [FSIG]
base-year price
BASIC
BASIC
basic balance [BPM5]
basic foodstuffs staples
basic needs poverty line
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page82The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
basic period [IMF]
basic rate of charge [IMF]
basic vote [IMF]
basis
basis of assessment
basis of recording [GFSM 2001]
basis of reporting
basis point BPS
basis risk
basket of goods and services
basket peg basket pegging composite peg
batch transfer
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page83The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Bayesian estimator
Bayesian Information Criterion BIC
beachhead effect
bear market [securities exchange] bearish market
bear operator bear
bearer bill bearer note
bearer check check to bearer
bearer instrument bearer paper bearer security
before taxes pretax
beggar-my-neighbor policy beggar-thy-neighbor policy
behavior variable
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page84The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
behavioral economics
behavioral equation
behavioral equilibrium exchange rate BEER
behind the border [measures, effects, etc.] [trade]
below the line [BPM5, GFS 1986]
below-the-line item
benchmark bond index [IMF]
benchmark ratio [SDR allocation]
benchmark survey
/ /
benchmark [IMF, PRGF] performance benchmark
benchmarking
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page85The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
benchmarking club
benchmark-to-indicator ratio BI ratio
beneficial owner
beneficial ownership [securities settlement systems] beneficial owner beneficial interest holder beneficial interest
benefit incidence analysis
benefit principle of taxation
benefit benefits
Benefits Administration Section [HRD/SB/BA]
Benefits Administration Unit [HRD/SB/BA/ ...]
benefits in cash [BPM5] cash benefits
] - 1993 [
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page86The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
Benelux Economic Union
benevolent social planner
benign neglect
best case scenario optimistic scenario
best critical region
best estimate
best estimator
best practices BP
best-fit curve best-fitting curve
better case scenario
better-policies scenario [WEO] best-policies scenario optimistic scenario
bias [statistics]
)(
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page87The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
biased estimator
biased sample
biased [statistics]
bicyclic procedure [IMF consultations] bi-cycle
bid bond
bid opening [procurement]
bid price
) (
bid security [procurement]
bid up (prices)
bid tender
bid-ask spread [FSIG; MPI]
) (
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page88The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bidder tenderer
bid-offer spread [exchange rates]
biennial consultation [IMF]
biennial surveillance review BSR Biennial Review of Surveillance
big bang reform big bang
Big Mac index
big-push theory
) (
bilateral central rate [EMS]
bilateral creditor [HIPC Initiative]
bilateral deadline
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page89The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bilateral monopoly
bilateral netting
/ /
bilateral official creditors
bilateral oligopoly
bilateral Paris Club agreements [Paris Club]
bilateral payments agreement [GMBS] bilateral payments arrangement
bilateral statements [BPM5]
bilateral surveillance [IMF] Article IV surveillance
bilateral trade weight
bill
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page90The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bill of exchange draft [IMF]
bill of quantities
bill of sale
billion [IMF-IBRD; USA]
billions of dollars $BN BNBN
bills payable
bimetallic standard bimetallism bi-metalism
bimodal distribution
Binary-Coded Decimal BCD
binding
binding agreement
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page91The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
binomial
binomial distribution
biodiversity
bipolar view
bit binary digit
bivariate distribution
Black Economic Empowerment [South Africa] BEE
black economy
black market [SNA93]
Black Scholes options pricing model
-
black swan
Blair Commission
blank acceptance
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page92The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
blank check
blank credit
blank transfer
blanket tax holiday
blend country [IBRD-IDA]
blended credits [USA]
blended GDP variable
blending of resources blending
block grant [USA]
blocked account [GMBS]
BLS Library [IMF]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page93The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
blue chip gilt-edged security [GBR]
blue sky law [USA]
Board Briefing Informal Board Briefing
Board Discussion
Board document [IMF]
board lot round lot
Board of Executive Directors [WB] Board
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System [USA] Federal Reserve Board FRB
Board of Governors [IMF]
Board Operations Officer [IMF-SEC]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page94The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
board seminar
bona fide
bond
Bond Clearing House [EC] EUROCLEAR
bond coupon coupon
bond holder
bond issue
bond market rally
) (
bond market fixed-income market
bond mutual fund
bond portfolio holdings of bonds
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page95The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bond seniority
bond warrant debt warrant
bond yield
bond(, under) [customs]
bonded debt bonded indebtedness
bonded good
bonded manufacturing warehouse
bonded transportation company
bond-equivalent yield BEY
bonds and notes
bonds and other securities [BPM5]
bonds payable
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page96The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bonds with optional maturity dates [BOP]
bonus consideration [oil and gas]
bonus interest rate
bonus share bonus stock
book building
book of final entry [accounting]
book of original entry [accounting]
book profit
book runner
book enter
book-entry security paperless security
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page97The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
book-entry system [securities settlement systems]
bookkeeper
bookkeeping [BPM5]
books and records [accounting] accounting records accounting documents
book-to-bill ratio
boolean
boom
boom-bust cycle boom and bust
bootstrap resampling with replacement
border barriers [trade]
border tax adjustment
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page98The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
border trade
border worker
borderline case
borrow short and lend long
borrowed reserves
Borrowed Resources Suspense Accounts [IMF] BRSA
borrowed resources [IMF]
borrowing arrangement [IMF] borrowing agreement
borrowing by authorities or other sectors on authorities' behalf [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
borrowing capacity
borrowing ceiling
borrowing for balance of payments support [BPM5]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page99The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
borrowing rate
borrowing ratio [IMF borrowing]
borrowing requirement
borrowing space
borrowing-quota ratio [IMF borrowing]
bottleneck
bottleneck inflation
bottom-up approach individual country approach
bound
bound tariff bound tariff rate bound rate
bounded above
bounded below
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page100The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bounded set
bracket creep [taxation] bracket progression
Brady bond [debt restructuring] Brady debt
Brady Plan
branch
] - 1993 [
branchless banking mobile banking
brass-plate company
Brazil, Russia, India and China Club BRIC Club BRICs
breakdown breaking out
break-even inflation
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page101The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
break-even point
Bretton Woods Committee BWC
Bretton Woods Institutions BWI
Bretton Woods system [exchange rates]
bribe
Bribe Payers Index BPI
bribery corruption
bridge bank [Japan] public bridge bank bridge bank scheme bridge bank facility
bridge table [statistics]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page102The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
briefing
briefing note
briefing paper [IMF]
broad financial market
broadening of the tax base
broadly defined money supply broad money money broadly
broker stockbroker
brokerage
brokerage fee brokerage
] - 1993 [
brokerage house brokerage firm brokerage company
broker-dealer
/
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page103The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
brokered funds brokered deposits
brother-sister corporations sibling corporations sibling enterprises
brownfield investment brown field investment
Brussels Definition of Value BDV
Brussels Office [IMF-EUR] EUO/BR
brute force fiscal adjustment
bubble economy
budget appropriation process budget appropriation appropriation budgetary appropriation budgetary appropriation process
budget bottom line bottom line
budget calendar
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page104The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
budget call letter
budget constraint
budget control
budget cut
budget deficit budget gap
Budget Enforcement Act
budget envelope
budget estimate budget forecast
budget execution
budget framework law
budget institution budgetary unit spending agency spending department spending unit
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page105The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
budget law approved budget
budget management
budget neutral
Budget Officer [IMF]
budget outturn budget performance
budget presentation
budget proposal [GFS 1986] draft budget budget bill
Budget Reform Division [OBP/BR]
budget rigidity
budget savings
Budget Section [INS/AI/BU]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page106The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
budget sector agencies
Budget Strategy Division [IMF-OBP/BS]
budget surplus [realized surplus]
budget tracking budget tracking exercise
budget universality principle general budget rule
budget year
budgetary account
budgetary balance budgetary equilibrium
budgetary central government [GFSY] budgetary central government accounts [GFS 1986]
budgetary expenditure budgetary outlay fiscal expenditure
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page107The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
budgetary financing gap budgetary gap
budgeted funds
budgeting
/ /
/
Budgeting and Fiscal Transparency Division [FAD/..]
budgetization fiscalization
) (
buff (paper) [IMF] buff statement
) (
Buff Document [IMF document series; BUFF/...] BUFF
BUFF/ED Document [IMF document series; BUFF/ED/...] BUFF/ED
] [
buffer stock
Buffer Stock Financing Facility [SNA93] BSFF
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page108The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
building and loan associations [SNA93]
building block [statistics, models]
building society [GBR]
build-operate-transfer BOT
build-own-operate BOO
build-own-operate-transfer BOOT
built-in elasticity of a tax system
) (
bull market [securities exchange] bullish market
bull operator bull
bulldog bond [GBR]
bullet loan
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page109The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
bunch maps, method of Frisch method
bunching of maturities debt bunching
bundling of transactions
bunker fuel [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
bunny bonds
buoyancy
burden of disease [GDDS, population] disease burden
burden sharing (in the Fund's expenses) [IMF]
) (
burden sharing [IMF; BPM5]
)( )(
burden [IMF]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page110The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
burden-sharing mechanism [IMF]
Bureau of Computing Services BCS
Bureau of Information Technology Services BTS
Bureau of Language Services BLS
Bureau [G-24]
Bush Initiative compact for global development compact for developing country aid
business accounting
business activity
Business and Industry Advisory Committee [OECD] BIAC
business and professional licenses [GFSY]
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page111The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
business community
business confidence
business continuity plan
business corporation corporation
Business Council for Sustainable Growth [UN]
business credit services [BPM5]
business cycle economic cycle trade cycle boom-bust cycle
business day working day
business expenses representation expenses
business investment
business license tax occupational license tax
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page112The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
business plan
business processes [IBRD-Strategic Compact]
business profit tax
business profits trading profits
business recovery
business services [BPM5, BPM6]
business to business B2B
business to consumer B2C e-tailing
business travel [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
business travelers [BPM5]
] - 1993 [
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cibarA hsilgnE
atad etagergga decilps-ttub
gnol yub
nigram no yub ]seitiruces[ gniyub nigram
trohs yub
edis yub
rotsevni dloh-dna-yub
ygetarts dloh-dna-yub
tnemeerga kcabyub kcabyub tbed esahcruper tbed
tnemegnarra kcabyub ]OTW[ kcabyub ]OTW[
naol nwod-yub ]DRBI[
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zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page114The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.
English Arabic
buyer's credit [WTO]
buyer's market soft market
buying exchange rate buying rate buyer's rate bid rate
buying member [IMF]
Buys-Ballot table
By-Laws [IMF] by-laws
By-Laws, Rules and Regulations [IMF]
byproduct by-product
c.i.f. valuation [BPM5]
Cable Room [IMF-SEC]
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Cable/Telex Center [IMF]
Cafeteria [IMF]
calculated market interest rate calculated market rate
calculated quota share [IMF] share in calculated quotas [IMF]
calendar year
call account
call for committed funds call
call for subscribed capital
call in debt
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call loan callable loan demand loan [Debt Guide, 1993; External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users, 1993]
call money
call option clause call option call provision
call option call
call protection [bonds]
callable bond
callable option
callable [capital market]
CAMELS composite rating capital, assets, management, earnings, liquidity CAMEL
CAMEL
CAMELS
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Canadian Council for International Cooperation [Canada] CCIC
Canadian International Development Agency CIDA
canceled check paid check
cancellation of arrears [BPM5]
cancellation of SDRs [IMF]
canonical correlation
cap [securities settlement systems]
capacity building
capacity constraint
Capacity Forum [IBRD-PACT]
capacity margin
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capacity output
capacity underutilization underutilization
capacity utilization
capital
capital account convertibility
capital account crisis
capital account flows [BPM5]
Capital Account Issues Division
capital account [budget]
capital adequacy
capital adequacy ratio CAR
capital adequacy standards [BIS]
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capital and financial account [BPM5]
capital asset fixed asset fixed capital non-current asset long-term asset long-lived asset plant and equipment
capital assets pricing model CAPM
capital base
capital budget [IMF]
capital buffer
capital charge
capital contributions [BPM5]
capital controls
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capital cost cost of capital
capital crunch
capital cushion
capital deepening
Capital Development Fund [UN]
capital equipment
capital expenditure CAPEX capital outlay
capital flight [SNA93] flight of funds
capital flow capital movements
capital formation [SNA93]
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capital gain holding gains
capital gains tax
capital gearing ratio gearing ratio leverage [corporate finance, USA] gearing [GBR] financial gearing
capital good producer good
capital income
capital intensiveness capital intensity
capital investment
capital loss
capital market
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Capital Market Development and Financial Infrastructure Division [MCM/CD]
Capital Markets and Financial Studies Division
Capital Markets Consultative Group [IMF] CMCG
Capital Markets Debt Issues Division
Capital Markets Financing Division
capital requirement [banking]
capital revenue [GFSY]
capital stock
capital structure
capital subscriptions to international organizations [BPM5]
capital tax
capital transaction
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capital transfer
capital value
capital widening widening of capital
capital, excluding reserve assets capital, excluding reserves
capital-asset ratio [banking] capital ratio
capital-certain claims
capital-debt ratio equity-debt ratio
capital-exporting country
capital-importing country
capital-intensive
capitalization (of interest) [Paris Club]
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capitalization bond [debt restructuring]
capitalized value
capital-labor ratio
capital-loan ratio [banking]
capital-output ratio
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caption
captive buyer
captive company
captive institution
capture
carbon capture and storage CCS carbon capture
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carbon credits
carbon dioxide CO2
carbon emissions trading scheme carbon trading scheme cap and trade scheme
carbon finance
carbon market
carbon pricing scheme
carbon tax
Career Development Section [HRD/SD/CD]
career stream career pattern
caretaker government
cargo consolidation consolidation
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cargo handling [BPM5]
Caribbean Basin Initiative [USA] CBI
Caribbean Community CARICOM Caribbean Common Market
Caribbean Development Bank CARIBANK CDB
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force [money laundering] CFATF
Caribbean Free Trade Area
Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development CGCED
Caribbean I, II Division [WHD/C1, C2]
) ()(
Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center [IMF-CARICOM-UNDP] CARTAC
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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carousel fraud missing trader fraud
carriage of passengers [BPM5]
carried interest
carrier
carriers with crew [BPM5]
carry over [budget]
carry trade
carryforward carryover loss carryforward loss carryover tax loss carryforward tax loss carryover
carrying cost (of inventories)
carrying value carrying amount written-down value book value
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Cartagena Agreement Andean Subregional Integration Agreement
cartel
cartelization
cascade tax multistage cumulative tax
cascading [taxation]
case study
case-by-case basis, on a
cash
cash account [IMF, SDA]
cash assets
cash balance
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cash basis accounting cash accounting
cash basis reporting [GFS 1986]
cash bond
cash buyback [debt]
cash courier
cash crop
cash economy cash-based economy
cash equivalent [GFSM]
cash flow
cash flow budget cash budget cash plan
cash flow relief cash relief
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cash flow waterfall
cash goods
cash in bank cash held by banks
cash in hand cash on hand [GFSM]
cash in rights [IMF rights approach]
cash items
cash limit [budget]
cash loan disbursement
cash loan financial loan
cash management
cash margin
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cash market physical market spot market
cash operating deficit
cash operating surplus
cash payment
cash pooling
cash position
cash rate overnight rate call rate call money rate interbank call rate overnight call money rate
cash ratio requirement minimum cash requirement
cash rationing
cash settlement
cash tender offer
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cash voucher [GFS 1986]
cashier's check official check treasurer's check bank check
Cashier's [FIN/AX/AP/CA]
cash-link
casualty insurance
catalyst
catalytic effect
catalyze financial flows
catching-up
catch-up demand
catch-up effect
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categorical grant [public finance] special purpose grant
causal relationship
causality
cease and desist order
Cedel
ceiling price
cell-relative imputation linking
censoring [statistics]
Center for Latin American Monetary Studies CEMLA
center of economic interest [BPM5; GFSM]
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Central Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center [IMF] Central AFRITAC
Central African Banking Commission COBAC
Central African Customs and Economic Union CACEU
Central African Economic and Monetary Community CAEMC Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Central African Monetary Area [BEAC] CAMA
Central African Monetary Union CAMU
Central African States Development Bank CASDB
Central America Emergency Trust Fund [IDA] CAETF
Central American Bank for Economic Integration CABEI
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Central American Common Market CACM
Central American Division [WHD/CA]
Central American Economic and Social Community CESCA
Central American Free Trade Agreement CAFTA Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement CAFTA-DR
Central American Fund for Economic Integration CAFEI
Central American Fund for Social Development CAFSD
Central American I, II Division
) ()(
Central American Institute for Public Administration CAIPA
Central American Monetary Council CAMC
Central American Monetary Union
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Central and Eastern European Countries CEEC
Central Asia Department CTA
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program [ADB] CAREC
central bank credit facility [securities settlement systems]
central bank currency swaps [BOP]
Central Bank Gold Agreement CBGA Washington Agreement on Gold
Central Bank of West African States BCEAO
central bank central banker
central banking
Central Banking and Market Infrastructure Wing CBMI
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Central Banking Division [MCM/CB]
central counterparty CCP
Central Division, I, II, III [EUR/C1, C2, C3]
) () ()(
central estimate [IMF]
Central European Countries [IMF] CEC countries of Central Europe
Central European Division I, II, III [EU1/C1, C2, C3]
) () ()(
Central European Free Trade Agreement CEFTA
Central Files Unit [TGS/ID/AR/CF]
central government
central government deposits [GMBS]
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central limit theorem
central ministry [budget]
central moment around the mean
central planning
central processing unit [computers] CPU
Central Product Classification [UN-EC, statistics] CPC
central rate [IMF]
central securities depository [securities settlement systems]
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centrally planned economy