Commonly Used Abbreviations in My Lectures
By: Andy Hira
Updated: Apr. 10, 2007
Note: My lecture slides are meant to help you follow along with the discussion in class.
They are not meant to substitute for following or attending class, nor will they make
much sense if you simply read them without your own notes and having read the
materials covered. Most of the abbreviations are commonly used terms in Ecos, ones that
you would learn in an introductory course.
BOP Balance of Payments
D
demand
Dec-making decision-making
Emp Employment
Fin
finance; financial system
FP
fiscal policy
G
Government spending
Govts governments
ISI
Import Substituting Industrialization
K
capital
L
Labour
L-t
long-term
LA
Latin America
Ms
Imports
MP
monetary policy
Pol
political, policy
SOEs state-owned enterprises
s-t
short-term
UnE unemployment
W
world
Xs
exports
XR
exchange rate