GDP
Gross Domestic Product

GNP
Gross National Product

CPI
Consumer Price Index

PPI
Producer Price Index

FDI
Foreign Direct Investment

GDP per capita
Gross Domestic Product per capita

OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

IMF
International Monetary Fund

WTO
World Trade Organization

NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement

FTA
Free Trade Agreement

R&D
Research and Development

S&P
Standard & Poor's (a financial services company)

MNC
Multinational Corporation

NBER
National Bureau of Economic Research

PPP
Purchasing Power Parity

TARP
Troubled Asset Relief Program

DOW
Dow Jones Industrial Average

NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

EEC
European Economic Community

BRICS
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

G20
Group of Twenty

VIX
Volatility Index

BLS
Bureau of Labor Statistics

CBO
Congressional Budget Office

ECB
European Central Bank

Fed
Federal Reserve

NDA
Non-Disclosure Agreement (in economic contexts)