Statistical Terms Glossary

Commercial bill accepted by a bank.

Bank deposits are claims on banks that are either transferable or are “other deposits.” Transferable deposits consist of deposits that are exchangeable on demand at par without restriction, or penalty, and directly usable for making payments by check, giro order, direct debit/credit, or other payment facility.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) was established in 1930 by intergovernmental convention. The BIS promotes co-operation among central banks. In this capacity it carries out four main functions:
- it holds and manages deposits from A large number of central banks throughout the world;
- it serves as a forum for international monetary co-operation;
- it acts as an agent or trustee in the execution of various international financial agreements; and
- it carries out research and issues publications on monetary and economic subjects

Money on deposit at a bank.

Bonds rated in the top four categories (AAA, AA, A, and BBB) and generally regarded as eligible for bank investment.

See:Interest, discount rate

U.S. and Canadian term for a bill of exchange which has been accepted by a banker.

A draft payable on demand and drawn by, or on behalf of, a bank upon itself

A negotiable order to pay a specified amount of money on a future date, drawn on and guaranteed by a bank. These drafts are usually drawn for international trade finance purposes as an order to pay an exporter a stated sum on a specific future date for goods received. The act of a bank stamping the word “accepted” on the draft creates a banker’s acceptance.

Banks are generally defined as institutions whose business is to receive deposits and/or close substitutes for deposits and grant credits or invest in securities on their own account. Within the scope of the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) banking statistics official monetary authorities including the BIS and the European Central Bank (ECB) are also regarded as banks. Can refer to banks’ head offices or affiliates

Banks comprise all units that engage in financial intermediation as their principal activity and have liabilities in the form of deposits or financial instruments (such as short-term certificates of deposit) that are close substitutes for deposits

Admonitions or proclamations of intended marriage between the parties whose names, in full, and addresses are provided in public places from legally specified period of time.

The large naval unit used for generating electricity or used for military purposes (except transferring cargo).

Factors in a person’s environment that, through their absence or presence, limit functioning and create disability – for example, inaccessible physical environments, a lack of appropriate assistive technology, and negative attitudes towards disability.

Barriers to entry are factors which prevent or deter the entry of new firms into an industry even when incumbent firms are earning excess profits.

Barter transactions involve two parties, with one party providing a good, service or asset other than cash to the other in return for a good, service or asset other than cash

National base areas are defined on the basis of the average of areas planted to cereals, oilseeds and protein crops between 1989 and 1991. The sum of individual areas claimed for payments — areas under set-aside and areas planted in cereals, oilseeds and protein crops — cannot exceed the national base area. If exceeded, there is a reduction in area payments and a penalty land set- aside which increases the level of mandatory set- aside during the following year.

The theoretical flow in rivers and lakes that results from long-term average precipitation events.

The number of people in a given area (for example, a nation, province or city) to which a specific vital rate applies; that is, the denominator of the crude birth rate or death rate, the population being determined from census data.

The port from which fishing units operate, irrespective of where they are registered (homeport). The differentiation between base ports and homeports occurs when fishing units migrate from the locations indicated by the frame survey to other sites, usually on a seasonal basis.

In the area of wireless computer networking, a base station is a radio receiver/transmitter that serves as the hub of the local wireless network, and may also be the gateway between a wired network and the wireless network. It typically consists of a low-power transmitter and wireless router

Is the section of a traditional cellular telephone network which is responsible for handling traffic and signalling between a mobile phone and the network switching subsystem. The BSS carries out transcoding of speech channels, allocation of radio channels to mobile phones, paging, quality management of transmission and reception over the air interface and many other tasks related to the radio network.

A Laspeyres index number is a form of index number where prices, quantities or other units of measure over time are weighted according to their values in a specified base period.

The index-number property that involves the symmetrical treatment of all countries, with the result that the relative index-number standings of the countries are not affected by the choice of the reference (numeraire) country.