External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users
Manuals & Guides, June 18, 2014
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Bibliographic details
- Published: June 18, 2014
- Series: Manuals & Guides
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484366622.069
Overview
- The External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (EDS Guide) contains updated global standards for the compilation, reporting, and analytical use of external debt statistics.
- The new edition reflects significant developments in international finance since the issuance of the 2003 EDS Guide.
- The guide provides guidance on:
- concepts, definitions, and classifications of external debt data;
- sources and techniques for compiling external debt data;
- analytical uses of external debt data.
Preparation and Contributors
- The 2013 EDS Guide was prepared under the responsibility of the nine organizations in the Inter-Agency Task Force on Finance Statistics.
- Preparation occurred in close consultation with national compilers of:
- external debt statistics;
- balance of payments statistics;
- international investment position statistics.
Contents and Purpose
- The guide:
- updates global standards for external debt statistics;
- offers definitions and classifications relevant to external debt;
- details compilation sources and techniques;
- explains analytical applications of the data.
Subject Coverage and Keywords
- Subject areas: Balance of payments, Currencies, External debt, External position, Financial institutions, Foreign direct investment, Money, Securities
- Keywords include: Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Caribbean, Currencies, debt, debt liability, debt position, debt securities, Foreign direct investment, Global, interest cost, M&G, Securities, security transaction, trade credit, Western Hemisphere
International Monetary Fund. External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (page overview).