International Financial Statistics, July 2018

International Financial Statistics, July 2018
Author: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1092
Release: 2018-07-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484354052

International Financial Statistics, July 2018

Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions 2018

Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions 2018
Author: International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 3724
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484396774

The Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions has been published by the IMF since 1950. It draws on information available to the IMF from a number of sources, including that provided in the course of official staff visits to member countries, and has been prepared in close consultation with national authorities.

Global Debt Database: Methodology and Sources

Global Debt Database: Methodology and Sources
Author: Samba Mbaye
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2018-05-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484353595

This paper describes the compilation of the Global Debt Database (GDD), a cutting-edge dataset covering private and public debt for virtually the entire world (190 countries) dating back to the 1950s. The GDD is the result of a multiyear investigative process that started with the October 2016 Fiscal Monitor, which pioneered the expansion of private debt series to a global sample. It differs from existing datasets in three major ways. First, it takes a fundamentally new approach to compiling historical data. Where most debt datasets either provide long series with a narrow and changing definition of debt or comprehensive debt concepts over a short period, the GDD adopts a multidimensional approach by offering multiple debt series with different coverages, thus ensuring consistency across time. Second, it more than doubles the cross-sectional dimension of existing private debt datasets. Finally, the integrity of the data has been checked through bilateral consultations with officials and IMF country desks of all countries in the sample, setting a higher data quality standard.

Opportunity for All

Opportunity for All
Author: MissCatriona Purfield
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2018-07-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 148436855X

This publication brings together a set of IMF papers that prepared as backgrounds for the various sessions of the conference and will help put into broader dissemination channels the results of this important conference. An official IMF publication is well disseminated into academic and institutional libraries and book channels. The IMF metadata will also make the conference papers more discoverable online.

2018 Review of Program Design and Conditionality

2018 Review of Program Design and Conditionality
Author: International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2019-05-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498315712

The 2018 Review of Program Design and Conditionality is the first comprehensive stocktaking of Fund lending operations since the global financial crisis. The review assesses program performance between September 2011 and end-2017. Programs during this period were defined by the protracted structural challenges faced by members and hampered by the persistently weak global environment.

International Financial Statistics, October 2018

International Financial Statistics, October 2018
Author: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1103
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484354222

International Financial Statistics, Database & Browser, October 2018

International Financial Statistics, November 2018

International Financial Statistics, November 2018
Author: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484354249

This November 2018 issue of International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. IFS, Balance of Payments Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, and Government Finance Statistics are available on CD-ROM by annual subscription. The CD-ROMs incorporate a Windows-based browser facility, as well as a flat file of the database in scientific notation. The country tables normally include data on a country’s exchange rates, IMF position, international liquidity, monetary statistics, interest rates, prices, production, labor, international transactions, government accounts, national accounts, and population. Selected series, including data on IMF accounts, international reserves, and international trade, are drawn from the country tables and published in world tables as well. The monthly printed issue of IFS reports current monthly, quarterly, and annual data, while the yearbook reports 12 observations of annual data. In IFS, exchange rates are expressed in time series of national currency units per SDR and national currency units per US dollar, or vice versa.

International Financial Statistics, March 2018

International Financial Statistics, March 2018
Author: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1070
Release: 2018-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484331109

This paper discusses that for countries that have introduced new currencies, the rates shown in International Financial Statistics (IFS) for the period before the introduction of the most recent currency may be used as conversion factors—they may be used to convert national currency in IFS to US dollar or SDR. In such cases, the factors are constructed by chain linking the exchange rates of the old and the new currencies. The basis used is the value of the new currency relative to the old currency, as established by the issuing agency at the time the new currency was introduced. Notes on the introduction of new currencies can be found in the Country Notes or in IFS print publication (if recent). Data on members’ IMF accounts are presented in the Fund Position section in the country tables and in four world tables. Terms and concepts of IMF accounts and the time series in the country and world tables are explained below.

International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 2018

International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 2018
Author: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1471
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484354281

This 2018 yearbook issue of International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. The IMF publishes calculated effective exchange rates data only for countries that have given their approval. The country, euro area, and world tables provide measures of effective exchange rates, compiled by the IMF’s Research Department, Statistics Department, and area departments. The real effective exchange rate index in line rec is derived from the nominal effective exchange rate index, adjusted for relative changes in consumer prices. Consumer price indices, often available monthly, are used as a measure of domestic costs and prices for these countries.