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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 Map Revision of the Fifth Edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: Papers of the Reserve Assets Technical Expert Group

Last Updated: September 29, 2006

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

Revision of BPM5: Issues on International Reserves (BOPCOM 05/70, 391 kb PDF file)

RESTEG List of Issues (264 kb PDF file)

Terms of reference (250 kb PDF file)

Issues for Discussion at the RESTEG meeting, May 11-12, 2006 (397 kb PDF file)

Issues Papers

#1 Clarification of Pledged Assets (310 kb PDF file)
#2 Clarification of Foreign Currency (294 kb PDF file)
#3 Clarification of Currency Denomination (310 kb PDF file)
#4 Marketability (Liquidity) (296 kb PDF file)
#5 Investment Funds (310 kb PDF file)
#6 Treatment of Pooled Assets (297 kb PDF file)
#7 Treatment of Bank Deposits in Resident Banks (270 kb PDF file)
#8 Treatment of Reverse Transactions (301 kb PDF file)
#9 Reserve Related Liabilities (285 kb PDF file)
#10 Liability Aspects of SDRs (352 kb PDF file)
#11 Treatment of Gold Swaps and Gold Deposits (Loans) (367 kb PDF file)

Follow-Up Papers

#11.1 Treatment of Allocated/Unallocated Gold Held As Reserve Assets and Gold Swaps and Gold Deposits (10 kb PDF file)

Outcome Papers

#1 Clarification of Pledged Assets (11 kb PDF file)
#2 Clarification of Foreign Currency (12 kb PDF file)
#3 Clarification of Currency Denomination (10 kb PDF file)
#4 Marketability (Liquidity) (12 kb PDF file)
#5 Investment Funds (12 kb PDF file)
#6 Treatment of Pooled Assets (12 kb PDF file)
#7 Treatment of Bank Deposits in Resident Banks (11 kb PDF file)
#8 Treatment of Reverse Transactions (11 kb PDF file)
#9 Reserve Related Liabilities (12 kb PDF file)
#10 Liability Aspects of SDRs (11 kb PDF file)
#11 Treatment of Gold Swaps and Gold Deposits (Loans) (11 kb PDF file)
#11.1 Treatment of Allocated/Unallocated Gold Held As Reserve Assets and Gold Swaps and Gold Deposits (12 kb PDF file)