Statistics glossary

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  • Dataset

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  • Dataset

    A collection of data, usually referring to one or more time periods, that is managed as a single file for subsequent processing, such as for import into an analysis tool, submission to a supervisory body, or download from a website.

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  • Debt securities

    A negotiable financial instrument that serves as evidence of a promise by the issuer (the borrower) to make one or more payments to the holder (the lender) on a specified future date or dates.

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  • Debt-to-GDP ratio (General Government)

    Ratio between public debt according to the Excessive Deficit Procedure and gross domestic product at market prices.

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  • Deficit (General Government)

    In terms of National Accounts, the negative difference resulting from the resources and uses, current and capital, of the entire General Government, or it can also be defined as the negative difference between the net variation of financial assets and the net variation of liabilities

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  • Deficit ratio (General Government)

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  • Demand deposits

    Deposits, remunerated or not, convertible into cash or that can be accessed or mobilized immediately by check, bank order, account debit, card, or similar means, without significant delay, restrictions, or penalties, as well as those deposits that, although not mobilizable, can be converted into cash on demand or at the close of business the day after the request, without significant restriction or penalty.

  • Deposit facility interest rate

    The interest rate at which credit institutions are remunerated for their overnight deposits at the central bank.

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  • Deposit institutions

    Financial entities that have the capacity to accept deposits from the public or other repayable funds.

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  • Deposit redeemable at notice

    Deposits not subject to conversion into means of payment, without an agreed maturity date, which cannot be converted into cash without a notice period, before which conversion into cash is not possible, or is only possible with a significant penalty or restriction.

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  • Deposit with agree maturity

    Deposit contracted for a specified period of time. If the contract contains a clause indicating so, the deposit amount can only be withdrawn before the term expires with the authorization of the financial institution and with a penalty on its remuneration.

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  • Deposit-taking corporations except the central bank

    Institutional sector that includes all financial institutions and quasi-corporations, except those classified in the "central bank" and "money market funds" subsectors, that are primarily engaged in financial intermediation and whose activities consist of receiving deposits and/or close substitutes from institutional units, and therefore not only from monetary financial institutions, and granting loans and/or investing in securities on their own account.

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  • DGSFP

    See Directorate General of Insurance and Pension Funds.

  • DGT

    The acronym stands for the Spanish Directorate General of Traffic (websiteOpens in new window).

  • DGTyPF

    Acronym corresponding to the Spanish Directorate General of the Treasury and Financial Policy (websiteOpens in a new window).

  • Direct investment

    Category of the financial account of the Balance of Payments (BoP) and the International Investment Position (IIP) that records all financial transactions (BoP) or net positions (IIP) between resident and non-resident companies that maintain a direct investment relationship.

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  • Directional Principle

    Implicit yield calculated as the difference between the purchase price and the nominal value received on the redemption date

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  • Directorate General of Insurance and Pension Funds

    National supervisory authority, empowered to oversee insurance and reinsurance entities. The Directorate General of Insurance and Pension Funds is an administrative body that reports to the Secretary of State for Economy and Business Support, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. It is the governing and supervisory body for insurance activities.

  • Discount

    Implicit yield calculated as the difference between the purchase price and the nominal value received on the redemption date

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