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 |