Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Compilation Guide
Last Updated: July 2013
The IMF Statistics Department has prepared a complete draft of 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 – Complete Draft
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. How to Conduct a Survey
Chapter 3. Specific Surveys of Businesses for Balance of Payments and IIP Purposes
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. Cross-Cutting 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
Chapter 17. The Accessibility and Serviceability of the Statistics
Appendix 1. Conversion Matrix from BPM5 to 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 Country
Appendix 6. Linkages with Other Macroeconomic Datasets
Appendix 7. Balance of Payments Coding System
Appendix 8. Model Survey Forms
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