ciafactbook=See http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
countryrank=See http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.html and http://www.freetheworld.com/2004/efw2004complete.pdf for a list of economics freedom
economist=The economist is a leading magazine on economics. See www.economist.com
Alan Greenspan=The (previous) Federal Central Bank chairman. Alan Greenspan has the responsibility of controlling the interest rate of the federal bank
ECB=ECB is the European Central Bank
GDP=Gross Domestic Product. See ~ciafactbook , although some estimates vary greatly from this book (e.g. Russia)
NYSE=New York Stock Exchange, one of the few remaning stock markets with a "floor"
NASDAQ=NASDAQ stock exchange, an exchange focused on technology companies. Biggest members include Microsoft and Intel.
dowjones=One of the oldest indexes. Dow jones consists of http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.html
ops=teralaser & hippie
pavlicek=American currently residing in Malaysia
how=Use ~keyword to inquire about something, use ~add keyword=definition to add new knowledge to the #economics "bot"
hello=Hello!
fatfree=Our lebanese #economics representative
supplyside=See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply-side_economics
keynesian=See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics
steve=Our gambling-loving economy studying U.K. representative
austrian=Austrian school of economics. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_economics
cornflakes=Imperial College, London, spent £1m investigating how to make less soggy cornflakes (steve)
okun=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okun%27s_Law > for every one percentage point by which the actual unemployment rate exceeds the "natural" rate of unemployment, there is a two percent "GDP Gap"
dollar=See http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3372405
wherefrom=teralaser,hipppie & Snoozer: dk, Lasker,hobbes_ & Raindoctor : us, fatfree : Lebanon, clausen : au, Muldre,eL| : nz. Quintus: Serbia, way2go:de/ro, Borislav: FL,US, Mole2:se
quango=quasi autonomous non government organsations, these are unelected government organisations run by boards of directors, without government interference in their day to day runnning
quangos=Any administrative body that is nominally independent but relies on government funding; for example, the British Council (1935), the Equal Opportunities Commission (1975) in the UK, and the Environmental Protection Agency (1970) in the USA.
BOP=Balance Of Payments
help=Use ~keyword to inquire about something, use ~add keyword=definition to add new knowledge to the #economics "bot". Use ~edit to change a definition
keynes=See ~keynesian
ltv=Labor Theory Of Value. Classical economics.
schillerscurve=See http://www.teralaser.net/economics/schiller.gif . See also http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/chapters/s6779.pdf for the source of that graph
IPO=Initial Public Offering, the first time a company offers its stock on a stockmarket.
getx=Go to http://cservice.undernet.org/live/index.php , get your own x login, and then signin before you join the channel by saying /msg x@channels.undernet.org login yourlogin passw
registerchannel=Not possible right now , as Channel registrations are locked , see /topic #cservice
OpportunityCost=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost
Levitra=See Viagra.
debt=See http://www.daveramsey.com/ :D
economicthought=See http://homepage.newschool.edu/het/introd.htm for a site on 500+ economists
nber=http://www.nber.org National Bureau of Economics Research.
CAGR=Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
irl=in real life :)
aolbonics=aolbonics is talking using numbers, or using single letters for you, are, you are, you're, etc. Examples are: Hey evry1; howz it goin?; how r u; ur teh suckz.
bondcalculator=http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/bp/app/cfldemo/BV/BondCalculator.html (TommyLee)
CPI=Consumer Price Index
currencycalendar=See http://www.dailyfx.com/calendar/FXCalendar.html (Borislav)
etf=Exchange-Traded Funds
srd=statutory reserve deposits
lgs=liquid and government securities
omo=open market operations
pip=Price interest point
pips=Price interest point (see ~pip)
ADS=American Depository Share (ADS) see http://www.nyse.com/glossary/1057923885614.html
homepage=http://www.teralaser.net/economics