Rate Related Abbreviations And Full Forms List

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Rate abbreviations are commonly used in finance, economics, and various other fields to represent different types of rates, such as growth rates, interest rates, and inflation rates, among others. These abbreviations are often used in financial reports, academic papers, and discussions to quickly convey complex rate-related concepts. Understanding these abbreviations is essential for interpreting and analyzing financial and economic data effectively. This list provides a selection of commonly used rate abbreviations along with their meanings, serving as a helpful reference for anyone working with financial or economic data.

Common Rate Abbreviations

  • CAGR – Compound Annual Growth Rate: The average annual growth rate over a specified period of time.
  • APR – Annual Percentage Rate: The annual rate charged for borrowing or earned through an investment, including fees and other costs.
  • APY – Annual Percentage Yield: The annual rate of return on an investment, including the effect of compounding interest.
  • IRR – Internal Rate of Return: The discount rate at which the net present value of all cash flows from an investment equals zero.
  • LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate: The benchmark interest rate at which major global banks lend to one another in the international interbank market for short-term loans.
  • FRB – Federal Reserve Bank: The central banking system of the United States, responsible for setting monetary policy, regulating banks, and overseeing the financial system.
  • FOMC – Federal Open Market Committee: The policy-making body of the Federal Reserve System, responsible for setting key interest rates and monetary policy in the United States.
  • GDP – Gross Domestic Product: The total value of all goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific period, usually annually or quarterly.
  • CPI – Consumer Price Index: A measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.
  • LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate: The benchmark interest rate at which major global banks lend to one another in the international interbank market for short-term loans.
  • LIBID – London Interbank Bid Rate: The rate at which a bank is willing to borrow funds from other banks in the London interbank market.
  • LIBOR-OIS Spread – London Interbank Offered Rate – Overnight Index Swap Spread: The difference between the LIBOR rate and the overnight index swap rate, often used as an indicator of credit risk in the banking sector.
  • NIM – Net Interest Margin: The difference between the interest income generated by banks or financial institutions and the amount of interest paid out to their lenders (such as depositors or bondholders).
  • T-Bill – Treasury Bill: A short-term debt obligation issued by the U.S. Treasury with a maturity of one year or less.
  • T-Bond – Treasury Bond: A long-term debt obligation issued by the U.S. Treasury with a maturity of 10 years or more.
  • T-Note – Treasury Note: A medium-term debt obligation issued by the U.S. Treasury with a maturity ranging from 2 to 10 years.

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Rate Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Full Forms List

Sl NoAcronyms/AbbreviationsFull Forms
13M3 Months
2A.P.R.Annual Percentage Rate
3A.P.Y.Annual Percentage Yield
4A.R.M.Adjustable Rate Mortgage
5A.Y.Assessment Year
6AAAbove Average
7AAGRAnnual Average Growth Rate
8AAPCAverage Annual Percent Change
9AAPRAverage Annual Percentage Rate
10AARAverage Annual Rate
11ABCTAustrian Business Cycle Theory
12ABEAustralian Business Economists
13ABRAdaptive Bit-Rate
14ABRAdjusted Bounce Rate
15ABRAutomatic Baud Rate
16ABRAvailable Bandwidth Rate
17ABRAvailable-bit-rate
18ABRAverage Bit-Rate
19ABSAlternative Bank Schweiz
20ABSAnnual Base Salary
21ACAir Change
22ACELPAlgebraic Code Excitation Linear Prediction
23ACGAAmerican Council on Gift Annuities
24ACGRAdjusted Cohort Graduation Rate
25ACHAir Change Per Hour
26ACLAllows cell rate
27ACRActual Cell Rate
28ACRAlternate Contribution Rate
29ACRAverage Cell Rate
30ACRTAccelerated Crucible Rotation Technique
31ACSActive Codec Set
32ACSCAmbulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
33ActAir Cargo Tariff
34ADRAdenoma Detection Rate
35ADRAverage Daily Rate
36ADRAverage Daily Room
37ADRAverage Data Rate
38ADSLAdaptive Digital Subscriber Line
39AEActivation Energy
40AEApproximate Entropy
41AEDArab Emirate Dirham
42AEIAverage Earnings Index
43AERAir Exchange Rate
44AERAnnual Effective Rate
45AERAnnual Equivalent Rate
46AETRAverage Effective Tax Rate
47AEVAnnual Equivalent Value
48AFAnnuity Factor
49AFEMAutonomous Foreign Exchange Market
50AFGRAveraged Freshman Graduation Rate
51AFRAccident Frequency Rate
52AFRAdvisory Fuel Rates
53AFRAnnual Failure Rate
54AFRApplicable Federal Rates
55AFRAverage Failure Rate
56AFRAverage Flow Rate
57AFRAAverage freight rate assessments
58AGRAbsolute Growth Rate
59AGRAnnual Growth Rates
60AGRAverage Growth Rate
61AHAntenna Hopping
62AHRAverage Heart Rate
63AIAveraging Interval
64AIMEAssociation for Interactive Media & Entertainment
65AIRAccident Incident Rate
66AIRAdaptive intra-refresh
67AIRAdditive Increase Rate
68AirAll-Inclusive Rate
69AIRAnnual Interest Rate
70AIRAssumed Interest Rate
71AIRRAdjusted Internal Rate of Return
72ALRAdiabatic Lapse Rate
73ALSAdvanced Loan System
74AMAAsset Management Account
75AMAPsApproved Mileage Allowance Payments
76AMBRAggregated Maximum Bit Rate
77AMPAuto Motion Plus
78AMRActive Motion Rate
79AMRAdaptive Multi-Rate
80AMRAdvanced Multi-Rate
81ANBAmarillo National Bank
82ANPVAdjusted Net Present Value
83ANPVAnnualized Net Present Value
84AOActual Output
85AOFAbsolute Open Flow
86AoPAmulet of Pain
87APAgreement Party
88APCAnnual Percent Change
89APIAge Participation Index
90APMHRAge Predicted Maximum Heart Rate
91APRAcademic Progress Rate
92APRAnnual Pass Rate
93APRAnnual Percentage Return
94APRAnnualised Percentage Rate
95APRAnnualized Percentage Rate
96APRAverage Prime Rate
97APRAverage Published Rate
98APRsAcademic Progress Rates
99APWAverage Production Worker
100APYAnnual Percent Yield
101APYEAnnual Percentage Yield Earned
102APYsAnnual Percentage Yields
103AQAny-Quantity
104ARAbandonment Rate
105ARAcceptance Rate
106ARAccident Rate
107ARActual Rate
108ARAnswer Rate
109ARAttack Rate
110ARAudio Rate
111ARAvailability Rate
112ARBAdaptive Rate Based
113ARCaccelerated rate calorimetry
114ARFAuto Rate Fallback
115ARHLAdjustable Rate Home Loan
116ARIAverage Rate Index
117ARMAdjustable Rate Mortgage
118AROAverage Rate Option
119AROCAverage Rate of Change
120ARPSAdjustable-Rate Preferred Stock
121ARRAccounted Rate of Return
122ARRAnnual Return Rate
123ARRAnnualized Run Rate
124ARRAverage Rate of Return
125ARRAverage Room Rate
126ARSAngular Rate Sensor
127COFCost Of Funds
128FITFeed-In Tariffs
129IRPInflation Risk Premium
130PDPer Diem

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