HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY Annual Report 1996
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT
ADB | - | Asia Development Bank |
AI | - | Authorised Institution |
APEC | - | Asia-Pacific Economic Co-Operation |
BAC | - | Banking Advisory Committee |
BIS | - | Bank for International Settlements |
BLR | - | Best lening rate |
bn | - | billion |
bp | - | basis point(s) |
CD | - | Certificates of deposit |
CHATS | - | Clearing House Automatic Transfer System |
CMU | - | Central Moneymarkets Unit |
CPI(A) | - | Consumer Price Index (A) |
DM | - | Deutschemark |
DTCA | - | Deposit-taking Companies Association |
DTCAC | - | Deposit-taking Companies Advisory Committee |
DvP | - | Delivery versus Payment |
ECG | - | Electronic Clearing |
EERI | - | Effective Exchange Rate Index |
EFAC | - | Exchange Fund Advisory Committee |
EMEAP | - | Executive's Meeting of East Asia and Pacific Central Banks |
FRCD | - | Floating rate certificates of deposit |
FRN | - | Floating rate note |
GDP | - | Gross Domestic Product (in real terms unless otherwise stated) |
GNP | - | Gross National Product (in real terms unless otherwise stated) |
HIBOR | - | Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate |
HKAB | - | Hong Kong Association of Banks |
HKMA | - | Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
HSBC | - | Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited |
IMF | - | International Monetary Fund |
IT | - | Information Technology |
LAF | - | Liquidity Adjustment Facility |
LegCo | - | Legislative Council |
MTRC | - | Mass Transit Railway Corporation |
mn | - | million |
NCD | - | Negotiable certificates of deposit |
OECD | - | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PBoc | - | People's Bank of China |
PVP | - | Payment versus Payment |
RLB | - | Restricted licence bank |
ROA | - | Return on assets |
RTGS | - | Real Time Gross Settlement |
SFC | - | Securities and Futures Commission |