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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Monthly Report on Credit and Liquidity Programs
and the Balance Sheet

August 2012 (1.3 MB PDF)

Abbreviations

ABCP  Asset-backed commercial paper 
ABS  Asset-backed securities 
AIA  American International Assurance Company Ltd. 
AIG  American International Group, Inc. 
AIGFP  AIG Financial Products Corp. 
ALICO  American Life Insurance Company 
AMLF  Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility  
ARM  Adjustable rate mortgage 
CAMELS  Capital, Assets, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity  
CDO  Collateralized debt obligations 
CMBS  Commercial mortgage-backed securities  
CMO  Collateralized mortgage obligations 
CPFF  Commercial Paper Funding Facility 
CUSIP  Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures 
FCB  Foreign central bank 
FOMC  Federal Open Market Committee 
FRBNY  Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
GAAP  Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America  
GSE  Government-sponsored entity 
JPMC  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
LLC  Limited liability company 
LSAP  Large-scale asset purchase programs 
MBS  Mortgage-backed securities 
ML II  Maiden Lane II LLC 
ML III  Maiden Lane III LLC 
MMMF  Money market mutual fund 
NRSRO  Nationally recognized statistical rating organization  
OIG  Office of the Inspector General 
OMO  Open market operations 
PDCF  Primary Dealer Credit Facility 
RMBS  Residential mortgage-backed securities  
SBA  Small Business Administration 
SOMA  System Open Market Account 
SPV  Special purpose vehicle 
TAF  Term Auction Facility 
TALF  Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility  
TARP  Troubled Asset Relief Program 
TBA  To be announced 
TIPS  Treasury inflation-protected securities 
TSLF  Term Securities Lending Facility 
VIE  Variable interest entity 

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