Technical Assistance Reports

The Bahamas: Technical Assistance Report-Report on External Sector Statistics Virtual Mission (March 10–14, 2025)

July 9, 2025

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International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. "The Bahamas: Technical Assistance Report-Report on External Sector Statistics Virtual Mission (March 10–14, 2025)", Technical Assistance Reports 2025, 069 (2025), accessed 12/6/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229016667.019

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Summary

A virtual technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted to the Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBB) as part of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) work program on ESS. The mission focused on improving source data and compilation techniques for producing the balance of payments (BOP) and assisting the Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBB) in finalizing the compilation of the international investment position (IIP) statistics in line with the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6).

Subject: Balance of payments, Economic and financial statistics, Exports, External position, External sector statistics, Financial services, Foreign direct investment, International investment position, International trade, Offshore financial centers

Keywords: Bahamas investment authority, balance of payments and international investment position statistics., BOP compiler, BOP of The Bahamas, Caribbean, Exports, External sector statistics, Foreign direct investment, free trade zone, heads of agreement, IMF's Statistics Department, International investment position, Offshore financial centers, portfolio investment survey, positions Derived, Research Department of the CBB, resident-to-resident transaction, The Bahamas