Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Compilation Guide
Last Updated: November 2014
The IMF Statistics Department has prepared the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Compilation Guide (BPM6 CG), which is a companion document to the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6). It updates the Balance of Payments Compilation Guide that was released in 1995 to accompany the BPM5.
Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Compilation Guide – Full text PDF
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. How to Conduct a Survey
Chapter 3. Specific Surveys for Balance of Payments and International Investment Position
Chapter 4. International Transactions Reporting System
Chapter 5. International Merchandise Trade Statistics
Chapter 6. Data from Official and Administrative Sources
Chapter 7. Selected IMF and Other International Organizations' Data Collection Initiatives
Chapter 8. Crosscutting Issues in Compiling Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics
Chapter 9. The International Investment Position
Chapter 10. The Financial Account
Chapter 11. Goods
Chapter 12. Services
Chapter 13. Primary Income
Chapter 14. Secondary Income
Chapter 15. The Capital Account
Chapter 16. Exceptional Financing Transactions
Chapter 17. Serviceability and Accessibility of External Sector Statistics
Appendix 1. Conversion Matrix from the BPM5 to the BPM6
Appendix 2. Insurance Transactions and Positions, and Pension Schemes
Appendix 3. Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured
Appendix 4. Foreign Direct Investment
Appendix 5. Compiling Balance of Payments and IIP by Partner Economy
Appendix 6. Linkages with Other Macroeconomic Datasets
Appendix 7. Balance of Payments Coding System
Appendix 8. Model Survey Forms
Index
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