List of Proposed BPM7 Chapters
Below is a list of the proposed chapters for the updated version of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, BPM7.
The development of the BPM7 chapters will go through the following major milestones:
- Draft annotated outlines
- Final annotated outlines
- Draft chapters
- Final chapters
The annotated outlines and chapters posted at each milestone will be subject to global consultation.
Since the updates of the System of National Accounts (SNA) and the Balance of Payments Manual are being carried out in close collaboration, a number of joint SNA/BPM chapters are being developed, as indicated below. The full list of chapters for the forthcoming 2025 SNA is available at: List of 2025 SNA Chapters (unstats.un.org).
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Chapter |
Chapter Title |
Draft Annotated Outline 1 |
Final Annotated Outline 2 |
Draft Chapter |
Final Chapter |
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1 |
Introduction (revised content) |
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2 |
Overview of the Integrated Framework (revised title and revised content) |
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3 |
(SNA Chapter 4) Flows, Stocks, and Accounting Rules (revised title) |
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4 |
(SNA Chapter 5) Residence, Institutional Units and Sectors (revised title) |
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5 |
Classifications of Financial Assets and Liabilities (revised content) |
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6 |
Functional Categories in International Accounts (revised title and revised content) |
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7 |
Balance sheet: the International Investment Position (revised title) |
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8 |
Financial Account |
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9 |
Other Changes in Financial Assets and Liabilities Account |
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10 |
Goods Account (revised title and revised content) |
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11 |
Services Account (revised title and revised content) |
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12 |
Earned Income Account (revised title, provisional) |
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13 |
Transfer Income Account (revised title, provisional) |
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14 |
Capital Account |
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15 |
(SNA Chapter 23) Globalization (new chapter) |
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16 |
(SNA Chapter 22) Digitalization (new chapter) |
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17 |
(SNA Chapter 26) Islamic Finance (new chapter) |
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18 |
(SNA Chapter 39) Informal Activities (new chapter) |
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19 |
Selected Issues in Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Analysis |
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20 |
(SNA Chapter 21) Communicating and Disseminating Economic Statistics (new chapter) |
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Annex 1 |
Exceptional Financing Transactions |
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Annex 2 |
Debt Reorganization and Related Transactions |
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Annex 3 |
Regional Arrangements: Currency Unions, Economic Unions, and Other Regional Statements |
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Annex 4 |
Remittances |
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Annex 5 |
Selected Issues on Cross-Border Trade (new annex) |
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Annex 6 |
Selected Issues on Direct Investment (revised title) |
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Annex 7 |
Selected Financial Issues (revised title and revised content) |
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Annex 8 |
Insurance and Pensions (revised title) |
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Annex 9 |
Positions and Transactions with IMF (previous annex to Chapter 7; revised content) |
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Annex 10 |
Sustainable Finance in External Sector Statistics: Climate Change Related Indicators (new annex) |
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Annex 11 |
Data by Partner Economy |
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| Annex 12 |
Links between International Standards for Macroeconomic Statistics (revised title and revised content) |
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| Annex 13 |
Changes from BPM6 (revised content) |
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| Annex 14 | Standard Components and Selected Other Items (revised content) |
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1 The version of the annotated outline that was posted for global consultation.
2 The version of the annotated outline incorporating the comments from global consultation and AEG/BOPCOM, and cleared by BPM/SNA project managers.