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Balance of Payments Home Page

Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB): metadata on SDDS and GDDS data categories

External Debt Statistics: debt data, conference on capital flows and debt statistics, final draft Guide for Compilers and Users, and other selected publications


World MapRevision of the Fifth Edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: Papers of the Currency Union Technical Expert Group

Information on the functions of the four technical expert groups (TEGs) can be found on the TEG introductory page.

CUTEG List of Issues (BOPCOM 2003) (111 kb pdf file)

CUTEG List of Issues (May 2004) (35 kb pdf file)

Summary Conclusions of the First CUTEG Meeting (June 28-30, 2004) (109 kb pdf file)

Summary Conclusions of the Second CUTEG Meeting
(December 14-16, 2004) (309 kb pdf file)

Issues Papers

#1 Definition of a Currency Union, IMF (113 kb PDF file)
#2 Distinction Between Currency Union and
Other Economic Unions
, IMF (96 kb PDF file)
#3 Architecture of a Currency Union, IMF (107 kb PDF file)
#4 Distinction Between Currency Union and Regional Statements, IMF (29 kb PDF file)
#5 Residence in a Currency Union and Residence in a Single Economy, IMF (32 kb PDF file)
#6 Residence and Sectorization of Regional Institutions in Overlapping Regional Currency and Other Economic Arrangements, ECB (34 kb PDF file)
#10 Definition and Allocation of Reserves in a Currency Union, ECB (64 kb PDF file)
#10.1 Relevance Of BPM5 Standard Components for a Currency Union Member Country, Particularly Reserve Assets, IMF (129 kb PDF file)
#11 Allocation of Financial Flows, IMF (114 kb PDF file)
#12 Definition of Domestic and Foreign Currency, IMF (8 kb PDF file)
#13 and 14 Issuance and Migration of Banknotes in a Currency Union, IMF/ECB (16 kb PDF file)
#15 Treatment of Other Intra-Currency Union Claims and Liabilities, Including Currency Union Settlement and Clearing Arrangements, ECB (57 kb PDF file)
#16 Distinction Between Multilateral Settlements and Errors and Omissions, NBRB (196 kb PDF file)
#17 Geographic Classification of Goods Imports and Exports From a National and Economic/Currency Union Perspective, Eurostat (323 kb PDF file)

Outcome Papers of the June Meeting

#1 Definition of a Currency Union (91 kb PDF file)
#3 Architecture of a Currency Union (82 kb PDF file)
#4 Distinction Between Currency Union and Regional Statements, (73 kb PDF file)
#5 Residence in a Currency Union and Residence in a Single Economy, (71 kb PDF file)
#6 Residence and Sectorization of Regional Institutions in Overlapping Regional Currency and Other Economic Arrangements, (76 kb PDF file)
#10 Definition and Allocation of Reserves in a Currency Union, (90 kb PDF file)
#11 Allocation of Financial Flows, (71 kb PDF file)
#12 Definition of Domestic and Foreign Currency, (76 kb PDF file)
#13 and 14 Issuance and Migration of Banknotes in a Currency Union, (77 kb PDF file)
#15 Treatment of Other Intra-currency Union Claims and Liabilities, (83 kb PDF file)

Draft Follow-up Papers

#1 Draft Definition of a Currency Union, IMF (106 kb PDF file)
#3 Treatment of National Agencies in a Centralized Currency Union, IMF (263 kb PDF file)
#6 Draft Definition of (1) a Currency Union Territory, (2) Regional Organization, and (3) Regional Central Bank, IMF (68 kb PDF file)
#10 Concepts of Control and Ready Availability of Reserves in a Currency Union, IMF (133 kb PDF file)
#11 Intra/Extra Issues at the Currency Union Level, ECB (99 kb PDF file)
#15 Classification of the Claims/Liabilities Resulting from the
Initial Transfer of Reserve Assets to the CUCB
, IMF (124 kb PDF file)
#15.2 Intra Currency Union Claims and Liabilities Arising from Subscription to the Currency Union Central Bank, IMF (105 kb PDF file)


Outcome Papers of the December Meeting

#1-1 Definition of a Currency Union, (99 kb PDF file)
#2 Distinction Between a Currency Union and Other Economic Unions, (106 kb PDF file)
#2-1 Definition of Economic Unions, (342 kb PDF file)
#3-1 Treatment of National Agencies in a Centralized Currency Union, (156 kb PDF file)
#6-1 Definition of (1) a Currency Union Territory, (2) Regional Organization, and (3) Regional Central Bank, (156 kb PDF file)
#10-1 Concepts of Control and Availability of Reserves in a Currency Union, (107 kb PDF file)
#10-2 Standard Components of a National BOP in a Currency Union, in Particular Treatment of Reserve Assets, (105 kb PDF file)
#11-1 Intra/Extra Issues at Currency Union Level, (105 kb PDF file)
#15-1 Classification of the Claims/Liabilities Resulting from the Initial Transfer of Reserve Assets to the Currency Union Central Bank, (160 kb PDF file)
#15-2 Intra Currency Union Claims and Liabilities Arising from Subscription to the Currency Union Central Bank, (163 kb PDF file)
#16 Conceptual Treatment of Multilateral Settlements, (162 kb PDF file)
#17 Geographic Classification of Goods Imports and Exports from a National and Economic/Currency Union Perspective, (161 kb PDF file)