## ASSUMPTIONS AND CONVENTIONS

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### Symbols and notation
- . . . to indicate that data are not available or not applicable;
- — to indicate that the figure is zero or less than half the final digit shown or that the item does not exist;
- – between years or months (for example, 2016–17 or January–June) to indicate the years or months covered, including the beginning and ending years or months;
- / between years or months (for example, 2016/17) to indicate a fiscal or financial year.

### Numeric terms and units
- “Billion” means a thousand million.
- “Trillion” means a thousand billion.
- “Basis points” refers to hundredths of 1 percentage point (for example, 25 basis points are equivalent to ¼ of 1 percentage point).

### Data sources, rounding, and estimates
- If no source is listed on tables and figures, data are based on IMF staff estimates or calculations.
- Minor discrepancies between sums of constituent figures and totals shown reflect rounding.

### Terminology and maps
- As used in this report, the terms “country” and “economy” do not in all cases refer to a territorial entity that is a state as understood by international law and practice. As used here, the term also covers some territorial entities that are not states but for which statistical data are maintained on a separate and independent basis.
- The boundaries, colors, denominations, and any other information shown on the maps do not imply, on the part of the International Monetary Fund, any judgment on the legal status of any territory or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

*International Monetary Fund | October 2017*

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