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Federal Reserve Bulletin Statistical Supplement

Symbols and Abbreviations


c Corrected
e Estimated
n.a. Not available
n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified
p Preliminary
r Revised (Notation appears in column heading when about half the figures in the column have been revised from the most recently published table.)
* Amount insignificant in terms of the last decimal place shown in the table (for example, less than 500,000 when the smallest unit given is in millions)
0 Calculated to be zero
... Cell not applicable
ABS Asset-backed security
ATS Automatic transfer service
BIF Bank insurance fund
CD Certificate of deposit
CMO Collateralized mortgage obligation
CRA Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
FAMC Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
FFB Federal Financing Bank
FFIEC Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FHA Federal Housing Administration
FHLBB Federal Home Loan Bank Board
FHLMC Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FmHA Farmers Home Administration
FNMA Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA Farm Service Agency
FSLIC Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
G-7 Group of Seven
G-10 Group of Ten
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GNMA Government National Mortgage Association
GSE Government-sponsored enterprise
HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development
IMF International Monetary Fund
IOs Interest only, stripped, mortgage-backed securities
IPCs Individuals, partnerships, and corporations
IRA Individual retirement account
MMDA Money market deposit account
MSA Metropolitan statistical area
NAICS North American Industry Classification System
NOW Negotiable order of withdrawal
OCDs Other checkable deposits
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OTS Office of Thrift Supervision
PMI Private mortgage insurance
POs Principal only, stripped, mortgage-backed securities
REIT Real estate investment trust
REMICs Real estate mortgage investment conduits
RHS Rural Housing Service
RP Repurchase agreement
RTC Resolution Trust Corporation
SCO Securitized credit obligation
SDR Special drawing right
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
TIIS Treasury inflation-indexed securities
VA Department of Veterans Affairs

General Information

In many of the tables, components do not sum to totals because of rounding.

Minus signs are used to indicate (1) a decrease, (2) a negative figure, or (3) an outflow.

"U.S. government securities" may include guaranteed issues of U.S. government agencies (the flow of funds figures also include not fully guaranteed issues) as well as direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury.

"State and local government" also includes municipalities, special districts, and other political subdivisions.