Europe Economic Weekly: Reopening the Strait, question the hikes

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Europe Economic Weekly: Reopening the Strait, question the hikes

Acronyms and abbreviations

Exhibit 12: Common acronyms/abbreviations used in our reports

This list is subject to change

Acronym/Abbreviation Definition Acronym/Abbreviation Definition

1H First Half IT Italy

2H Second Half Jan January

1Q First Quarter Jul July

2Q Second Quarter Jun June

3Q Third Quarter lhs left-hand side

4Q Fourth Quarter m month

ann annualized MA Moving Average

APP Asset Purchase Programme Mar March

Apr April Eonia Euro overnight indexed average

AS Austria mom month-on-month

Aug August Mon Monday

BdF Banque de France (Bank of France) MPC Monetary Policy Committee

BE Belgium MWh Megawatt-hour

BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis NGEU NextGenerationEU

BLS Bank Lending Survey NE Netherlands

BoE Bank of England Nov November

BofA Bank of America NADEF Nota di Aggiornamento al Documento di Economia e Finanza

BoI Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy) NSA Non-seasonally Adjusted

BoJ Bank of Japan OAT Obligations assimilables du Trésor

BoS Banco de España (Bank of Spain) OBR Office for Budget Responsibility

bp basis point Oct October

BTP Buoni Poliennali del Tesoro OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Buba Bundesbank ONS Office for National Statistics

c circa p preliminary/flash print

CA Current Account PBoC People's Bank of China

CPI Consumer Price Index PEPP Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme

CSPP Corporate Sector Purchase Programme PMI Purchasing Managers' Index

d day PSPP Public Sector Purchase Programme

GE Germany PT Portugal

Dec December QE Quantitative Easing

DSA Debt sustainability analysis qoq quarter-on-quarter

EA Euro area QT Quantitative Tightening

EC European Commission RBA Reserve Bank of Australia

ECB European Central Bank RBNZ Reserve Bank of New Zealand