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Last Updated: January 28, 2011

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February GDP growth, inflation, End-of-period quarterly data on
8, 2011 unemployment, payments the currency composition of
1 USD = balances, exports, imports, official foreign exchange
0.639222 SDR external debt, capital flows, reserves. Data presented in CSV
commodity prices, more. and PDF are aggregated data.
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International Financial Statistics Financial Access Survey (FAS)
(IFS)
Approximately 32,000 time series Provides annual geographic and
covering more than 200 countries demographic data on access to
starting in 1948. Includes basic consumer financial services
exchange rates, Fund accounts worldwide. This is achieved
and the main global and country through the identification and
economic indicators. development of appropriate high
quality data that are comparable
Principal Global Indicators (PGI) across countries and over time
A website that brings together collected by means of periodic
data for the major economies surveys.
available from international
agencies covering the financial, Financial Soundness Indicators
governmental, external, and real (FSIs)
sectors, and provides links to data Provides data and detailed
in web sites of international and metadata reported on a regular
national agencies. basis by a first batch of member
countries for 12 core and 28
Public Sector Debt Statistics encouraged FSIs. Countries may
Online Centralized Database report monthly, quarterly,
A joint World Bank-IMF semiannual, or annual FSIs for
database that presents public dissemination. The IMF will aim
sector debt statistics (general over time to expand the list of
government plus public reporting member countries.
corporations) with quarterly
frequency. Breakdowns by level Direction of Trade Statistics
(DOTS)
of government, type of Provides data on the country and
instrument, currency, and area distribution of countries'
maturity are provided, using exports and imports by their
standard definitions to support partners.
cross-country comparisons. The DOTS yearbook gives seven
years of data for about 187
Joint External Debt Hub countries.
Database that brings together data The DOTS quarterly covers data
on external debt and selected for the most recent six quarters
foreign assets available from and the latest year for about 156
international agencies countries, and ten quarters and
(creditor/market sources) and five years for the world and area
external debt data available from tables.
the QEDS database
(national/debtor sources). Primary Commodity Prices
Indices in terms of dollars or sdrs,
Quarterly External Debt Statistics indices of market prices for non-
(QEDS) fuel commodities and petroleum,
External debt data reported by actual market prices for non-fuel
SDDS subscribers (extended to a commodities and petroleum, and
number of GDDS economies in average weekly prices for non-
early 2008), with additional fuel commodities and petroleum.
details on currency composition,
debt service profile, and other Data Template on International
presentations that facilitate cross- Reserves and Foreign Currency
country data analysis. Liquidity
Re-disseminates IMF member
Balance of Payments Statistics countries' data on international
(BOPS) reserves and foreign currency
The BOPS yearbook includes liquidity in a common template
annual aggregate and detailed and in a common currency (the
time series for balance of U.S. dollar). Historical data by
payments and international country and selected topics are
investment position for countries; also available.
provides world and regional
tables of balance of payments Government Finance Statistics
components and aggregates; and (GFS)
descriptions of methodologies, Contains detailed annual
compilation practices and data statistical data on revenue,
sources used by individual expense, transactions in assets
countries. and liabilities, and stocks of
assets and liabilities of general
Coordinated Portfolio Investment government and its subsectors as
Survey (CPIS) reported by member countries.
The CPIS collects information on
the stock of cross-border holdings
of equities and long- and short-
term debt securities broken down
by the economy of residence of
the issuer.
Coordinated Direct Investment
Survey (CDIS)
The 2009 CDIS collects
comprehensive and harmonized
data on foreign direct investment
(FDI) positions for end-2009 by
economy of direct investor (for
inward direct investment) and by
economy of investment (for
outward direct investment). It
also provides a number of
breakdowns, including separate
data on equity and debt positions.
» IMF Financial Data
IMF Financial Data by Country
Summary of IMF members'
relations with the Fund
IMF Financial Data By Topic
Disbursements & Repayments
Historical data since 1984.
Projected Payments to the IMF
Members' currently scheduled
payments to the IMF.
IMF Credit Outstanding Levels
(in SDRs) of IMF credit
outstanding since 1984.
Lending Arrangements Similar to
a line of credit to support a
country's adjustment program.
SDR Allocations & Holdings
Member data on SDRs, the
international reserve asset created
by the IMF.
Arrears Amounts due from
member countries that are six or
more months overdue.
Monitoring of Fund
Arrangements Database (MONA)
Download comparable data on
the economic objectives and
outcomes of Fund-supported
arrangements since 2002.
G-20 Surveillance Notes
Notes provided by IMF staff
ahead of a series of meetings held
by the G-20 deputies and
ministers. They provide a
summary of global economic
prospects at the time of the
respective meeting.
IMF Financial Transactions
(Quarterly)
Use of the Fund's quota-based
resources to finance operations.
IMF Financial Statements
(Quarterly)
Prepared in accordance with
International Financial Reporting
Standards.
Annual Report
Financial year ending April 30.
SDR Interest Rate, Rate of
Remuneration, Rate of Charge
and Burden Sharing Adjustments
updated every Monday
SDR Interest Rate Calculation
SDR Valuation
The SDR currency value is
calculated daily and the valuation
IMF Financial Activities Weekly basket is reviewed and adjusted
Summary report of financial every five years.
assistance to member countries.
New SDR Basket
IMF Financial Resources &
Liquidity (Monthly)
Total IMF resources, usable
resources, and the one-year
forward commitment capacity
(FCC).
SDRs per Currency unit
(e.g. $ 1.00 = 0.67353 SDR)
last five days
Current Month
Archives
Representative Rates for
Selected Currencies
Normally quoted as currency
units per U.S. dollar, are reported
Dissemination Standards Bulletin
Board (DSBB)
Established to guide countries in
the provision of their economic
and financial data to the public.
General Data Dissemination
System (GDDS)
Provides recommendations on
good practice for the production
and dissemination of statistics.
See our Guide for Participants
and Users and our assessment of
the last ten years of GDDS
Annual Report on Exchange
Arrangements and Exchange
Restrictions
The exchange and trade systems
of IMF member countries are
presented.
(not available in full text online)
Currency units per SDR
(e.g. $ 1.48472 = 1 SDR)
last five days
Special Data Dissemination
Standard (SDDS)
Established to guide IMF
members that have, or that might
seek, access to international
capital markets in the provision
of their economic and financial
data to the public. The Special
Data Dissemination Standard:
Guide for Subscribers and Users
is available (pdf, in English)
provides guidance on the
observance of the Standard's
various requirements. This Guide
 incorporates updates to the SDDS
(January, 2008) . The purpose of made by the IMF Executive
this Guide is to explain the nature Board in its reviews of the
and objectives of the General Standard since 1996.
Data Dissemination System, to
describe its operational features, Reports on Observance of
and to provide practical guidance Standards and Codes (ROSCs)
to IMF member countries that Summarize the extent to which
are, or are considering, countries observe certain
participation in the GDDS. internationally recognized
Additional translations (Arabic, standards and codes.
French, Russian, and Spanish) are
being prepared and will be
available shortly.

Manuals & Guides

» External Sector Statistics
Balance of Payments Manual
» Government
A guide for IMF member
countries that regularly report Finance
balance of payments data to the
IMF. The Public Sector Debt Statistics
– Guide for Compilers and Users
Balance of Payments and The Public Sector Debt
International Investment Position Statistics-Guide for Compilers
Manual (BPM6) and Users (PSDSG) provides
comprehensive guidance for the
measurement, compilation,
External Debt Statistics: Guide analytical use, and presentation of
for Compilers and Users public sector debt statistics. The
Provides comprehensive PSDSG was produced by the IMF
guidance for the measurement in conjunction with other
and presentation of external debt members from the Task Force on
statistics; it can be considered an Finance Statistics (TFFS).
update of the External Debt:
Definition, Statistical Coverage Government Finance Statistics
and Methodology. ‫ | عربي‬Español Manual
| Français | 中文 (章节: 1-14 15- Covers concepts, definitions,
classifications, and accounting
19) | Русский
rules, and provides a
comprehensive analytic
Update of the External Debt
framework within which the
Guide on Issues Emerging from
BPM6
中文 | Spanish
Paper discussed and approved at
the March 2009 meeting of the
Task Force on Finance Statistics
(TFFS). Public comments on this
paper are welcome by end-
October 2009 at the following
address: tffs@imf.org
» Real Sector
Statistics
Quarterly National Accounts
Manual—Concepts, Data
Sources, and Compilation
Drafted to help countries
establish or strengthen quarterly Guidance on the implementation
national accounts that meet users of the Code of Good Practices on
needs.
Export and Import Price Index
(XMPI) Manual contains
detailed, comprehensive
information and explanations for
compiling XMPIs.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Manual measures the rate at
which the prices of consumer
goods and services are changing
over time. Also available in
Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish,
and Russian
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Manual: measures the rate at
which the prices of producer
goods and services are changing
overtime.
Practical Guide to Producing
statistics can be summarized and
presented in a form appropriate
for analysis, planning, and policy
determination. English | Arabic |
Chinese | French | Russian |
Spanish
Government Finance Statistics
Discussion Forum (GFS)
The GFS Discussion Forum was
established to facilitate debate on
matters concerning the update of
the Government Finance
Statistics Manual 2001 (GFSM
2001), in particular
methodological issues and the
practical implications for
compiling fiscal data.
Manual on Fiscal Transparency
Fiscal Transparency
» Monetary
and Financial
Statistics
Monetary and Financial Statistics
Manual
Covers concepts, definitions,
classifications of financial
instruments and sectors, and
accounting rules, and provides a
comprehensive analytic
framework for monetary and
financial planning and policy
determination.
Monetary and Financial
Statistics: Compilation Guide
 (Pre-publication Version)
Consumer Price Indices: is Offers detailed guidelines for the
targeted at developing countries compilation of monetary and
focusing on practical solutions to financial statistics.
the problems facing compilers of
the consumer price index (CPI) in
the developing world. Also
available in French and Spanish

System of National Accounts

2008 (2008 SNA) is an updated
version of the System of National
Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA). It is
the fifth version of the SNA, the
first of which was published over
fifty years ago.

Meetings and Related Statistical

Materials
Recent Developments and
Current Initiatives (2010)
Reports on the activities
undertaken in support of the
mission of the Statistics
Department of the IMF.
IMF Committee on Balance of
Payments Statistics
The IMF Committee on Balance
of Payments Statistics was
established by the IMF’s
Executive Board in 1992 to
improve the availability,
consistency, and reliability of
balance of payments and
international investment position
statistics worldwide.
• Annual Reports
• Issues for discussion by the
Committee
Balance of Payments Statistics
Newsletters
Information on the work of the
Balance of Payments Committee
and on statistical developments in
balance of payments taking place
in particular countries and in
international organizations.
Task Force on Finance Statistics
(TFFS)
The TFFS sets methodological
standards for statistics on external
debt and on public debt; promotes
data availability on financial
stocks, particularly external debt;
encourages internationally
accepted statistical practices to
enhance data quality; and fosters
inter-agency collaboration in
statistical capacity building.
Working Group on Securities Users Conference on the
Databases Financial Crisis and Information
In July 2007, the Working Group Gaps
on Securities Databases (WGSD), The IMF and the FSB hosted a
originally established in 1999, Users Conference during July 8-
was reconvened in response to 9, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
various international initiatives International experts on financial
and recommendations to improve stability and statistics from
information on securities primarily G-20 economies and
markets. The members of the international agencies attended.
WGSD are the IMF (chair), the The main purpose of the
Bank for International conference was to solicit views of
Settlements (BIS), the European users on which data gaps were
Central Bank (ECB), and the most relevant in the build up to
World Bank. Selected experts the crisis and on proposals for
from national central banks, who strengthening data collection
have participated actively in going forward.
various international groups that
have identified the need to • Summary
improve data on securities • Conference website
markets, have also been invited to
contribute to the deliberations of The Financial Crisis and
the WGSD. Information Gaps: Report to the
G-20 Finance Ministers and
The Handbook on Securities Central Bank Governors
Statistics is the first publication Prepared by the IMF Staff and
of its kind to focus exclusively on the FSB Secretariat.
securities statistics. Part 1 of the
Handbook, which deals with debt High-Level Conference on
securities issues, was published in Financial Crisis and Information
May 2009. Part 2 of the Gaps
Handbook, covering debt Conference co-hosted by the
securities holdings, was International Monetary Fund and
published in September 2010. An the Financial Stability Board,
overview of the joint work of Basel, Switzerland, April 8-9,
these three institutions on the 2010
Handbook is also available.
The Financial Crisis and
Task Force on Harmonization of Information Gaps: Progress
Public Sector Accounting Report, Action Plans, and
Timetables
Statistical Capacity Building: Prepared by the IMF Staff and
Case Studies and Lessons the FSB Secretariat.
Learned
The studies focus on countries
 that were in transition and
postconflict situations in the
1990s and early 2000s.

Additional Data Sources

European Central Bank United Nations

Eurostat The World Bank

Organisation for Economic Co- Bank for International

operation and Development Settlements

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