Abbreviations

This page spells out the acronyms and terms used across the Shift SME Index.

Acronym
Full form / description
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ADI
Authorised deposit-taking institution; a bank or similar lender regulated by APRA
APRA
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
ASBFEO
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman
ASIC
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ATO
Australian Taxation Office
CSV
A plain-text file format for the underlying chart data, opens directly in Excel or similar software
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
NSW
New South Wales
QLD
Queensland
RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia
SA
South Australia
SME
Small and / or medium enterprises
VIC
Victoria
WA
Western Australia
YoY
Year-on-year