Abbreviations and acronyms
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AFT |
Agence France Trésor |
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ATM |
Average Term-to-Maturity |
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BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
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BoE |
Bank of England |
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BOJ |
Bank of Japan |
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CACs |
Collective Action Clauses |
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CB |
Central Bank |
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DB |
Defined Benefit |
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DLT |
Distributed Ledger Technologies |
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DMO |
Debt Management Office |
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ECB |
European Central Bank |
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EFSF |
European Financial Stability Facility |
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EFSM |
European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism |
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EIB |
European Investment Bank |
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ESMA |
European Securities and Markets Authority |
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ESRB |
European Systemic Risk Board |
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ETFs |
Exchange Traded Funds |
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EU |
European Union |
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EUR |
Euro |
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FOMC |
Federal Open Market Committee |
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FRDP |
Portugal's Public Debt Regularization Fund |
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FX |
Foreign Exchange |
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GBP |
Great Britain Pound |
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GBR |
Gross Borrowing Requirement |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
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GFC |
Global Financial Crisis |
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HFT |
High-Frequency Trading |
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ICMA |
International Capital Market Association |
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IGCP |
Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency |
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IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
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IFIs |
International Financial Institutions |
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IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
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ISK |
Icelandic krona |
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IT |
Information Technology |
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JGBs |
Japanese Government Bonds |
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LB |
Liquidity Buffer |
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LEA |
Liquidity Enhancing Auctions |
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MiFID |
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive |
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MOF |
Ministry of Finance |
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MTDS |
Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy |
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NBR |
Net Borrowing Requirement |
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NTMA |
Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency |
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OAT |
Obligations Assimilables du Trésor |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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OTC |
Over-the-counter |
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PD |
Primary Dealer |
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PSPP |
Public Sector Purchase Programme |
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QE |
Quantitative Easing |
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SBO |
Sovereign Borrowing Outlook |
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SIFMA |
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association |
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SLF |
Securities Lending Facility |
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SLR |
Supplementary Leverage Ratio |
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SNB |
Swiss National Bank |
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SOMA |
System Open Market Account |
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STRIP |
Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities |
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SWFs |
Sovereign Wealth Funds |
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TMPG |
Treasury Market Practices Group |
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TRACE |
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine |
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UK |
United Kingdom |
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ULB |
Ultra-Long Bonds |
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US |
United States |
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USD |
United States Dollar |
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WP |
Working Paper |
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WPDM |
Working Party on Debt management |