| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| BCP | Business Continuity Plan |
| BoE | Bank of England |
| BOJ | Bank of Japan |
| CB | Central Bank |
| CBO | Congressional Budget Office |
| COVID | Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease |
| CUSIP | Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures |
| DMO | Debt Management Office |
| DSSI | Debt Service Suspension Initiative |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EFSM | European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism |
| EM | Emerging Market |
| ESM | European Stability Mechanism |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| FILP | Fiscal Investment and Loan Program |
| FRNs | Floating Rate Notes |
| FX | Foreign Exchange |
| GBP | Great Britain Pound |
| GBR | Gross Borrowing Requirement |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFC | Global Financial Crisis |
| GFSR | Global Financial Stability Report |
| GNI | Gross National Income |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange |
| IFAWG | International Financial Architecture Working Group |
| IG | Investment Grade |
| IIF | Institute for International Finance |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ISIN | International Securities Identification Number |
| IT | Information Technology |
| LB | Liquidity Buffer |
| LCBM | Local Currency Bond Market |
| LICs | Low Income Countries |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| NBR | Net Borrowing Requirement |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PD | Primary Dealer |
| PEPP | Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme |
| PSPP | Public Sector Purchase Programme |
| RIC | Reuters Instrument Code |
| SEK | Swedish Krona |
| SMEs | Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| SURE | Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UNEDIC | Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle pour l'Emploi Dans l'Industrie et le Commerce |
| US | United States |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| WB | World Bank |
| WGBI | World Government Bond Index |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WP | Working Paper |
| WPDM | Working Party on Debt management |
OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2020