Balance of Payments Compilation GuideInternational Monetary Fund, 1995 M03 15 - 396 pages A companion document to the fifth edition of the Balance of Payments Manual, the Balance of Payments Compilation Guide shows how the conceptual framework described in the Manual may be implemented in practice. The primary purpose of the Guide is to provide practical guidance for using sources and methods to compile statistics on the balance of payments and the international investment position. the Guide is designed to assist balance of payments compilers and statisticians in understanding the relative strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. The material reflects the emergence of new data sources and adaptations in the application of statistical methodologies to changing circumstances. Discussed in the Guide are all of the tasks that a BOP compiler normally performs. Appendices contain a set of model BOP questionnaires and a set of model BOP publication tables. Relationships between the balance of payments statistics and relevant aspects of national accounts are covered as well. |
Contents
II | vii |
III | 3 |
IV | 11 |
V | 23 |
VI | 33 |
VII | 39 |
VIII | 47 |
IX | 53 |
XIV | 127 |
XV | 137 |
XVI | 141 |
XVII | 145 |
XVIII | 175 |
XIX | 183 |
XX | 197 |
XXI | 211 |
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abroad actuarial reserves adjustments approach assets and liabilities Balance of Payments basis BOP compiler BOP statistics BOP transactions capital chapter classification collects information compensation of employees compiling country completed components Credit Debit currency and deposits data model data sources debt direct investment enterprise domestic economy EDIFACT enterprise survey entries equity estimates example exchange rates expenditure exports external assets financial derivatives foreign currency foreign exchange freight Gondwanaland dollars Gondwanaland Ministry identify imports included International Investment Position investment income investors ITRS Form loans measure Ministry of Statistics model form Monetary authorities national accounts nonresident banks official sources option paragraphs partner country percent period Portfolio investment processing recorded reference number reinvested earnings Report in thousands reserve assets resident enterprises resident of country sector securities issued Short-term stock positions subsidiaries Table thousands of Gondwanaland U.S. dollar unit of account users withholding taxes worksheet