Bpm6 compilation guide international monetary fund. Balance of payments and international investment position. Balance of payments manual, sixth edition imf elibrary. You can copy, download or print oecd content for your own use, and you can include excerpts from oecd publications. The oecd classification has not changed, but with the sixth edition of the imf. Balance of payments and international investment position manual, sixth edition. Balance of payments manual fifth edition bpm5, published in 1993, was the. Balance of payments manual the substance of some of the items used to calculate. Balance of payments manual, revision of the fifth edition.
The update was undertaken in close collaboration with the imf committee on balance of payments statistics committee and involved extensive consultations with national compilers, and regional and international agencies over many years. The manual contains significantly expanded and restructured coverage of financial flows and stocks and international transactions in services. Imf committee on balance of payments statistics, annual report. For 2012, 20, q1 2014and q2 balance of payments is, as far as possible, in line with the international guidelines contained in the sixth edition of the imf balance of payments manual, 2009 bpm6.
Papers of the direct investment technical expert group. Pdf monetary policy and balance of payments in nigeria. As the international standard, the manual serves as a guide for imf member countries that regularly report balance of payments data to the imf. International monetary fund joint vienna institute. The reports of the imf working parties on the statistical discrepancy in world current account balances and on the measurement of international capital flows also contributed to the development of the manual. See the complete annotated outline in english 638 kb pdf file. Page 1 of 4 international monetary fund joint vienna institute imf institute for capacity development financial programming and policies jv16.
Balance of payments manual international monetary fund. These standards are used globally to compile comprehensive and comparable data. The bops yearbook, usually published in december, contains balance of payments statistics for most of the world, compiled in accordance with the imf s balance of payments manual. Imf balance of payments manual and international investment. Revision of the fifth edition of the imfs balance of payments manual. The sixth edition of the balance of payments and international investment position manual presents revised and updated standards for concepts, definitions, and classifications for international accounts statistics. Add to cart by clicking price of the language and format youd like to purchase. As a first step, an annotated outline ao of the new manual has been released. An empirical analysis of the balance of payments as a monetary phenomenon. Information on the functions of the four technical expert groups tegs can be found on the teg introductory page. Japans balance of payments for 2012 july 20 international department bank of japan this report is an english translation of the japanese original released on may 2. Browse in balance of payments statistics imf elibrary. The imfs statistics department has begun work on revising the fifth edition of the balance of payments manual bpm5.
It consists of the goods and services account, the primary income account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account. Use the free adobe acrobat reader to view these files. Data and research on international trade and balance of payments statistics including trade in valueadded, trade balance, current account balance as % of gdp, trade in services, trade by commodity. International trade and balance of payments statistics oecd.