## 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

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### 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).*

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/manuals-guides/issues/2016/12/31/external-debt-statistics-guide-for-compilers-and-users-40758_