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| List of Abbreviations |
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| I. |
Introduction |
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| II. |
Executive Summary |
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Recent Trends in Global Balance of Payments Statistics |
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Data Quality |
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Revision to BPM5 |
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Portfolio Investment |
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International Financial Statistics |
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Direct Investment |
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Income |
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Uses of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position
Statistics |
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Other Issues |
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| III. |
Recent Trends in Global Balance of Payments Statistics |
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Global Current Account |
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Global Capital and Financial Accounts |
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Revisions |
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| IV. |
Work Program Undertaken by the Committee in 2003 |
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Data Quality |
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Revision to BPM5 |
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Residence |
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Portfolio Investment |
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International Financial Statistics |
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Direct Investment and Direct-Investment-Related Issues |
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Income |
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Uses of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position
Statistics |
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Reporting Under BPM5 |
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Other Issues |
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| V. |
Future Work Program |
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| VI. |
2003 Meeting |
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| Figures |
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Impact of Revisions in 2002 on Global Current Account Imbalances, 1996–2001 |
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2. |
Impact of Revisions in 2002 on Global Financial Account Imbalances, 1996–2001 |
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| Tables |
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Global Balances on Current Account, 1996–2002 |
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Global Balances on Capital and Financial Accounts, 1996–2002 |
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3. |
Geographic Breakdown of Total Portfolio Investment: Top Ten Economies by
Holders and Issuers, at Year-End 2001 |
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Geographic Breakdown of Total Portfolio Investment: Top Ten Economies by
Holders and Issuers, at Year-End 2002 |
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| Boxes |
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Some Major Changes Proposed in the Annotated Outline for the Revision
of the Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth Edition |
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2. |
List of Topics Referred by the Committee to Technical Expert Groups Set Up
for the Revision of BPM5 |
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| Appendices |
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1. |
IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics: Composition as of December
31, 2003 |
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2. |
Terms of Reference of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics |
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3. |
Medium-Term Work Program of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics:
End-December 2003 |