## 2017 External Sector Report Individual Economy Assessments

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 28, 2017

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### Methodology and scope
- Uses a wide range of methods, including the External Balance Assessment (EBA) developed by the IMF’s Research Department to estimate desired current account balances and real exchange rates.
- References IMF Working Paper WP/13/272 for a complete description of the EBA methodology and Annex I of the 2015 External Sector Report for more recent refinements.
- Overall assessments are based on the judgment of IMF staff drawing on inputs from model estimates and other analysis.
- Because estimates are subject to uncertainty, overall assessments are presented in ranges.
- External sector assessments are based on data and IMF staff projections as of June 15th, 2017.

### External indicators analyzed
- Current account.
- Real effective exchange rate.
- Capital and financial accounts flows and measures.
- FX intervention and reserves.
- Foreign asset or liability position.

### Interaction with authorities
- Individual economy assessments are discussed with the respective authorities as part of bilateral surveillance.

### Metadata and subjects covered
- Subject areas: Capital flows, Cross country analysis, Current account, Developed countries, Emerging markets, External sector, External Sector Report, Foreign exchange intervention, Real effective exchange rates.
- Publication date: July 28, 2017.
- Format note: Download PDF available.

*2017 External Sector Report Individual Economy Assessments, July 28, 2017*

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