| AOFM | Australian Office of Financial Management |
| ATM | Average term-to-maturity |
| AUM | Assets Under Management |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| BoJ | Bank of Japan |
| BTP | Buono del Tesoro Poliennale |
| CDS | Credit Default Swap |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| DB | Defined Benefit |
| DC | Defined Contribution |
| DMO | Debt Management Office |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EMDEs | Emerging Market and Developing Economies |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| ETF | Exchange Traded Fund |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| FSB | Financial Stability Board |
| FRN | Floating Rate Note |
| FX | Foreign exchange |
| G7 | Group of Seven |
| GBP | Great Britain pound |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFC | Global Financial Crisis |
| GPU | Graphic Processing Units |
| G-SIBs | Global Systemically Important Banks |
| HHI | Herfindahl-Hirschman Index |
| HICs | High-income countries |
| HM Treasury | His Majesty's Treasury |
| HQLAs | High-Quality Liquid Assets |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ISIN | International Securities Identification Number |
| JGB | Japanese government bond |
| JPY | Japanese yen |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LBO | Leveraged Buyout |
| LICs | Low-income countries |
| LMICs | Lower-middle income countries |
| LLC | Limited Liability Company |
| LSEG | London Stock Exchange Group |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MFI | Monetary Financial Institutions |
| MMF | Money Market Fund |
| NA | OECD National Accounts |
| NBFIs | Non-bank Financial Institutions |
| NGEU | Next Generation EU |
| NPISHs | Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households |
| OATs | Obligations Assimilables au Trésor |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OEF | Open-Ended Fund |
| PDM | Public debt management |
| PE | Private equity |
| PEPP | Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme |
| PSPP | Public Sector Purchase Programme |
| PTFs | Principal Trading Firms |
| RFQ | Request for Quote |
| QE | Quantitative Easing |
| QT | Quantitative Tightening |
| RIC | LSEG Identification Code |
| SDRs | Special Drawing Rights |
| SLR | Supplementary Leverage Ratio |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SNG | Subnational government |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicles |
| SURE | Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency |
| T-bill | Treasury bill |
| TBAC | Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee |
| TRBC | The Reference Data Business Classification |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UMICs | Upper-middle income countries |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States |
| USD | United States dollar |
| WPDM | OECD Working Party on Debt Management |
| YTM | Yield-to-maturity |
Global Debt Report 2026
Sustaining Debt Market Resilience Under Growing Pressure
