IMF Statistics Manuals and Guides

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual

A guide to collect and compile balance of payments and international investment position data. The sixth edition (BPM6) is the final version and updates the fifth edition (BPM5) that was released in 1993.

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BPM6 Compilation Guide

Companion document to the BPM6. It updates the Balance of Payments Compilation Guide that was released in 1995 to accompany the BPM5.

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International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template

Provides operational advice to IMF member countries that are subscribers to the Special Data Dissemination Standard regarding how to complete the prescribed (mandatory) monthly Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity.

2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (2013 EDS Guide)

2013 EDS Guide provides comprehensive guidance for the measurement, compilation, analytical use, and presentation of external debt statistics. The 2013 EDS Guide was produced by the IMF in conjunction with other members from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS). 

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International Transactions in Remittances: Guide for Compilers and Users

Released in 2009, provides practical guidance on the compilation of remittances based on the concepts set out in BPM6.

2015 CDIS Guide

The final version of the 2015 CDIS Guide is now available. It clarifies and updates the 2010 CDIS Guide and is consistent with the IMF BPM6 and OECD BD4.

CPIS Guide - Third Edition

The final version of the CPIS Guide, third edition, is now available. It builds on and updates the second edition of the CPIS Guide (2002) to reflect the adoption of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6) as the standard framework for compiling cross-border position statistics.

Special Purpose Entities: Guidelines for a Data Template

Provides compilers guidance on the application of the IMF’s internationally-agreed definition of special purpose entities (SPEs) for external sector statistics. The Guidelines were developed at the request of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics to facilitate the implementation of the agreed definition in 2018, with a decision tree to identify resident SPEs in host jurisdictions.

Informal Economy Data: Compilation Practices

This webpage disseminates information on the compilation practices of selected economies. The information covers collection and compilation techniques used by these economies to estimate informal, underground, and/or illegal cross-border transactions and positions in their international accounts.

Financial Access Survey Guidelines and Manual

This 2019 FSA Guidelines and Manual provides methodological guidance on the concepts, definitions, and detailed instructions for completion of the FAS questionnaire. Aimed at compilers of the FAS, it offers a conceptual framework for the collection, compilation, and presentation of financial inclusion variables for the FAS, including mobile money, loans, deposits, financial access channels, etc.

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Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (MFSMCG)

This Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (Manual) updates and merges into one volume methodological and practical aspects of the compilation process for monetary and financial statistics (MFS). Aimed at compilers and users of MFS, it offers a conceptual framework for the collection, compilation, and analytical presentation of monetary data, which provide a critical input for monetary policy formulation and monitoring.

Versions of the Manual in other languages will follow in due course.

Financial Soundness Indicators: Compilation Guide (2019)

This 2019 FSI Guide updates the methodological guidance on the concepts and definitions, data sources and methods for the compilation and dissemination of financial soundness indicators. It includes new indicators to expand the cov­erage of the financial sector, including other financial intermediaries, money market funds, insurance corporations, pension funds, nonfinancial corporations, and households.

Government Finance Statistics (GFS)

List of manuals and guides on government finance statistics.

Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014

The Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) describes the macroeconomic statistical framework (the GFS framework) designed to support fiscal analysis. The manual provides the economic and statistical reporting principles to be used in compiling the statistics and guidelines for the presentation of fiscal statistics within an analytic framework that includes appropriate balancing items.

Quarterly Government Finance Statistics – Guide for Compilers and Users

This Guide is a reference for compilers and users of Government Finance Statistics. We hope that it will contribute to more timely, accurate, and more internationally comparable data and an improved understanding of the complex issues involved.

Public Sector Debt Statistics – Guide for Compilers and Users

The Guide is targeted at developing countries focusing on practical solutions to the problems facing compilers of the consumer price index (CPI) in the developing world.

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Government Finance Statistics: Compilation Guide for Developing Countries, September 2011

The GFS Compilation Guide provides detailed information on how to gradually introduce the guidelines of the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 and best practices into the compilation and dissemination of fiscal statistics. The key issues in the compilation of statistics for government institutions in developing countries are discussed, and illustrated with many examples, figures, and tables.

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Quarterly National Accounts Manual—2017 Edition

The manual provides conceptual and practical guidance for compiling quarterly national accounts statistics. It updates the first edition, which was published in 2001.

Export and Import Price Index (XMPI) Manual

The manual contains detailed, comprehensive information and explanations for compiling XMPIs.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) Manual

The manual provides updated guidance, including practical compilation advice reflecting current best practices, to measure the rate at which the prices of consumer goods and services are changing over time. It updates the previous edition, which was published in 2004.

Producer Price Index (PPI) Manual

The Manual provides clear, up-to-date guidance on the concepts, uses, methods, and economic theory of the PPI, including information on classifications, sources, compilation techniques, and analytical uses of the PPI.

System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA)

The 2008 SNA is the latest version of the international statistical standard for the national accounts, and is an updated version of the 1993 SNA. It is the fifth version of the SNA, the first of which was published over fifty years ago.

Residential Property Price Indices: Guide and Handbook

The Guide sets out practical advice on the compilation of a Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) based on the conceptual approach described in the Handbook on Residential Property Price Indices (Handbook), published in 2013.

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Guide to Analyze Natural Resources in the National Accounts

This Guide to Analyze Natural Resources in the National Accounts presents and explains a set of standard Template Tables using the concepts recommended in the United Nations’ System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA).

Handbook on Securities Statistics

The Handbook on Securities Statistics is the first publication of its kind to focus exclusively on securities statistics. It has been prepared jointly by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in response to a request from the Working Group on Securities Databases (WGSD) to develop methodological standards for securities statistics and to improve information on securities markets.