Statistical Terms Glossary

Entity comprising the main building, adjacent yards, kitchen, garden and family orchard on a farm.

Are the products that are sold quickly at relatively low cost. Though the absolute profit made on FMCG products is relatively small, they generally sell in large quantities, so the cumulative profit on such products can be large. FMCG products are generally replaced or fully used up over a short period of days, weeks, or months, and within one year. This contrasts with durable goods or major appliances such as kitchen appliances, which are generally replaced over a period of several years.

Country with a high level of investment and growth.

It is the process that occurs during a collision or run over by a car whether upon crossing or when driving and leads to the death of a person

A transport accident resulting in at least one person killed.

Identifies data errors with certainty. Examples are a geographic code for a Canadian province that does not exist in a table of acceptable geographic codes.

An injury resulting in death within 30 days of the date of the transport accident.

For measurement purposes, a Fatal occupational injury is an occupational injury leading to death within one year of the day of the occupational accident.

A person killed immediately or dies within 30 days as a result of a transport accident.

See Foreign Affiliates Trade in Services (FATS)

The animal life of a particular region or time. It is generally regarded as that which is naturally occurring and indigenous

See Foreign Direct Investment

In general, the potential reproductive capacity of an organism or population expressed in the number of eggs (or offspring) produced during each reproductive cycle. Fecundity usually increases with age.

Cash balance held by banks with local Federal Reserve bank. They are immediately available (e.g., for transfer between banks). Note that monnaie centrale is the money held by a French bank at the Banque de France (central bank) and is the French equivalent of federal funds.

Rate of interest paid on federal funds. Equivalent to interbank rate.

Are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors. Many FIPS standards are modified versions of standards used in the wider community (ANSI, IEEE, ISO, etc.)

The central banking system of the U.S. It has twelve Federal Reserve Banks divided up by geographical regions. The Board of Governors supervises the operations of the regional banks and coordinates monetary policy through its Federal Open Market Committee.

In the United States, a bank that has been chartered by the Comptroller of Currency, that belongs to the Federal Reserve System and meets the requirements for a national bank as defined under
the National Bank Act. In the U.S. only federally and State chartered banks and other authorized institutions may receive deposits.

See admission fee; agency fee; availability fee; commission; commitment fee, charge.

These are crops that are cultivated primarily for animal feed. By extension, natural grasslands and pastures are included whether they are cultivated or not.

The short sea container transport between a large hub port and another port with the objective of consolidating or redistributing freight to or from a deep-sea service in the hub port.

A dedicated fishery that catches fish for use as feed in aquaculture/animal feed that are either processed into fishmeal or fish oil or used in fresh form.

A feedlot is a relatively small confined area for the controlled feeding of animals. It tends to concentrate large amounts of animal wastes that cannot be absorbed by the soil and hence may be carried to nearby streams or taken by rainfall run off