List of Abbreviations Used in Economics – Economics Study Materials

The f ollowing are the economics abbreviations that are used in Class 12th Economics syllabus frequently.

Students are advised to learn the full form of each and every abbreviation. Example: Many students ask for the full form of GDP, i.e., Gross Domestic Product. It is shown in the following list.

The special thing about the list is that it is a chapter wise collection of the full forms of the terms used in the economics curriculum.

MICROECONOMICS

Unit 1. Introduction

1 PPF Production Possibility Frontier
2 PPS Production Possibility Set
3 PPC Production Possibility Curve
4 IC Indifference Curve

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Unit 2. Consumer’s Equilibrium and Demand

Utility
1 MRS Marginal Rate of Substitution
2 MRT Marginal Rate of Transformation
3 TU Total Utility
4 MU Marginal Utility
Elasticity
1 ED Elasticity of Demand
2 ES Elasticity of Supply

Unit 3. Producer Behaviour and Supply

Product
1 TP Total Product
2 AP Average Product
3 MP Marginal Product
Cost
4 TC Total Cost
5 TVC Total Variable Cost
6 TFC Total Fixed Cost
7 MC Marginal Cost
8 SAC Short-Run Average Cost
9 SMC Short-Run Marginal Cost
10 AFC Average Fixed Cost
11 AVC Average Variable Cost
12 LRAC Long-Run Average Cost
13 LRMC Long-Run Marginal Cost
Returns
14 RTS Returns to Scale
15 IRS Increasing Returns to Scale
16 CRS Constant Returns to Scale
17 DRS Diminishing Returns to Scale
Revenue
18 TR Total Revenue
19 AR Average Revenue
20 MR Marginal Revenue
Market Equilibrium
21 MRPL Marginal Revenue Product of Labour
22 VMPL Value Marginal Product of Labour

Unit 5. National Income and Related Aggregates

1 GDP Gross Domestic Product
2 GDP MP Gross Domestic Product at Market Price
3 GDP FC Gross Domestic Product at Factor Cost
4 NNP MP Net National Product at Market Price
5 NNP FC Net National Product at Factor Cost
6 NDP MP Net Domestic Product at Market Price
7 NDP FC Net Domestic Product at Factor Cost
8 PI Personal Income
9 PDI Personal disposable Income
10 GVA Gross value added
11 NVA Net value added

Unit 6. Money and Banking

1 LRR Legal Reserve Requirement
2 CRR Cash Reserve Ratio
3 SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio
4 OMO Open Market Operation
5 RBI Reserve Bank of India
6 GOI Government of India
7 MD Money Demand
8 MS Money Supply

Unit 7. Income and Employment Determination

1 APC Average Propensity to Consume
2 APS Average Propensity to Save
3 MPC Marginal Propensity to Consume
4 MPS Marginal Propensity to Save
5 AD Aggregate Demand
6 AS Aggregate Supply

Unit 8. Government Budget and Economy

1 PSUs Public Sector Undertakings
2 FRBMA Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act

Unit 9. Balance of Payment

1 BOP Balance of Payment
2 BOT Balance of Trade
3 PPP Purchasing Power Parity
4 NEER Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
5 FDI Foreign Direct Investment