## Data Collection on Securities Statistics

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**Canonical URL:** [Data Collection on Securities Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/working-group-on-securities-databases/data-collection-on-securities-statistics)

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### Overview
- The Handbook on Securities Statistics provides the statistical standards and recommended concepts, breakdowns, and presentation tables guiding international securities statistics.
- Related recommendations: DGI-3 Recommendation 4, DGI-2 Recommendation 7, DGI-1 Recommendation 7.
- The Working Group on Securities Databases coordinates data collection activities across institutions.

### Bank for International Settlements (BIS) activities
- The BIS has been collecting and disseminating information on debt securities issues in domestic and international markets since the late 1980s.
- Statistics are collected for more than 50 economies.
- Data collected:
  - debt securities issues
  - holdings
  - from-whom-to-whom basis
- Frequency and dissemination:
  - Data are reported at quarterly frequency.
  - The BIS disseminates the data in comparable formats in its publications and on its website.
- Implementation:
  - Following the publication of the Handbook on Securities Statistics, the BIS has been working with the central banks of these economies to improve the statistics in line with the Handbook.

### European Central Bank (ECB) activities
- Publication scope:
  - monthly data on issuances of debt securities and listed shares for the EU countries
  - quarterly data on holdings of debt securities, listed shares and investment fund shares for the euro area countries
- Methodology:
  - The methodology for compiling the aggregates follows the statistical standards outlined in the Handbook on Securities Statistics.
- Dissemination:
  - The data on securities issuances and securities holdings are published in the ECB Data Portal.
  - Both data sets include detailed breakdowns for sustainable debt securities.
  - Further information on the statistics is available on the ECB website.

### International Monetary Fund (IMF) activities
- The IMF implements the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS), which provides data on stocks of cross-border holdings of debt and equity securities broken down by the economy of residence of the issuer.
- The IMF publishes data on issuances of green debt securities for around 80 economies as part of its Climate Change Dashboard data.

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## References

- [About the WGSD](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/working-group-on-securities-databases)
- [DGI-3 Recommendation 4](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/working-group-on-securities-databases/dgi-3-recommendation-4)
- [DGI-2 Recommendation 7](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/working-group-on-securities-databases/dgi-2-recommendation-7)
- [DGI-1 Recommendation 7](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/working-group-on-securities-databases/dgi-1-recommendation-7)
- [Handbook on Securities Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/working-group-on-securities-databases/handbook-on-securities-statistics)
- [Handbook on Securities Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/Data/Statistics/working-group-on-securities-databases/handbook-on-securities-statistics)

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