## Cross-Border Position Statistics (CBPS)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Cross-Border Position Statistics (CBPS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/cbps)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 29, 2025

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### Course description and scope
- Provides training on the methodology for compiling and disseminating CBPS, including:
  - the integrated IIP and memorandum and supplementary position data items following the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, seventh edition (BPM7);
  - EDS, including currency composition, remaining maturity, and debt service schedule;
  - the CPIS, including sectoral data; and
  - the CDIS.
- Course format: a series of lectures, discussions, and practical exercises.
  - Lectures and discussions focus on general concepts and compilation practices.
  - Exercises provide participants the opportunity to apply knowledge and discuss problems encountered in their compilation work.
- Analytical focus: gains insights into the analytical uses of the external accounts and illustrates integration of cross-border positions data into the broader macroeconomic framework.
- Course base materials: BPM7, the 2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users, the 2017 CPIS Guide, and the 2015 CDIS Guide.

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Officials whose main responsibility is compiling the integrated international investment position (IIP) and/or external debt statistics (EDS), as well as Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) or Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) data.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, and have a minimum of one year of experience in compiling IIP and/or EDS.

### Learning objectives and competencies
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Compile IIP, EDS, CPIS, and/or CDIS¿¿as well as the memorandum and supplementary items of the IIP and tables on external debt statistics¿¿according to the conceptual framework.
  - Identify potential new data sources for the compilation of the CBPS.
  - Apply compilation techniques and best dissemination practices related to CBPS.
  - Illustrate the relationship between the integrated IIP and the balance of payments, and the integration of cross-border positions data into the broader macroeconomic framework.
  - Describe the analytical use of CBPS.

### Course delivery and related IMF training offerings
- Course delivery: lectures, discussions, and practical exercises (in-person and/or online formats implied by IMF training practices).
- Related IMF training offerings (examples with language, dates, modality, and location preserved as listed):
  - Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS) — English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
  - Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A) — English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait
  - Fiscal Sustainability (FS) — English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  - Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
  - Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC) — English (Arabic) | December 7-18, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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## References

- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/cbps_