Real economy

• CEGS—Current Expenditure on Goods and Services.
• GDFCF—Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation.
• GDP—Gross Domestic Product.
• GNP—Gross National Product.
• PDI—Personal Disposable Income.
• RNDI—Real National Disposable Income.
• RPDI—Real Personal Disposable Income.

Monetary

• CGBR—Central Government Borrowing Requirement.
• DCE—Domestic Credit Expansion.
• EMU—European and Monetary Union (European Community).
• EUA—European Unit of Account (European Community).
• IBELS—Interest Bearing Eligible Liabilities (of banks).
• IPD—Interest, profits and dividends.
• M3—The broader measure of the money supply; briefly, cash plus bank deposits by United Kingdom residents.
• M1—The narrower measure of the money supply; limited to cash plus sight deposits.
• £M3—Sterling M3—excludes United Kingdom residents' deposits in other currencies.
• MLR—Minimum Lending Rate.
• PSBR—Pubic Sector Borrowing Requirement.
• SDRs—Special Drawing Rights (at the IMF).
• UA—Unit of Account.

Prices and Earnings

• FES—Family Expenditure Survey
• NES—New Earnings Survey.
• WPI—Wholesale Price Index.
• RPI—Retail Price Index.

Taxation, etc.

• ACT—Advance Corporation Tax.
• CGT—Capital Gains Tax.
• CT—Corporation Tax.
• CTA—Child Tax Allowance.
• CTT—Capital Transfer Tax.
• NIC—National Insurance Contribution.
• NIS—National Insurance Surcharge.
• PAYE—Pay-As-You-Earn (income Tax Schedule E).
• VAT—Value Added Tax.

Organisations

• BIS—Bank for International Settlements.
• BNOC—British National Oil Corporation.
• BP—British Petroleum Limited.
• BR—British Rail.
• BSC—British Steel Corporation.
• CAA—Civil Aviation Authority.
• CBI—Confederation of British Industry.
• CSO—Central Statistical Office.
• ECGD—Export Credits Guarantees Department.
• EEC—European Economic Community.
• EIB—European Investment Bank.
• IBRD—International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
• IMF—International Monetary Fund.
• NCB—National Coal Board.
• NEB—National Enterprise Board.
• NEDC—National Economic Development Council.
• NEDO—National Economic Development Office.
• NSB—National Savings Banks.
• OECD—Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development—includes industrialised countries and advanced primary producing countries.
• Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
• PWLB—Public Works Loan Board.
• TSB—Trustee Savings Banks.
• TUC—Trades Union Congress.

Other

• CAP—Common Agricultural Policy.
• FIS—Financial Information System
• FSBR—Financial Statement and Budget Report.
• LDCs—Less Developed Countries.
• NLF—National Loans Fund.
• PES—Public Expenditure Survey.
• RSG—Rate Support Grant (to local authorities.
• SIC—Standard Industrial Classification.
• SITC—Standard Industrial Trade Classification.