IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics
Annual Report 2004
©2005 International Monetary Fund
November 2, 2005
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| Contents |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| I. | Introduction |
| II. | Executive Summary |
| Recent Trends in Global Balance of Payments Statistics | |
| Revision to the Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth Edition (BPM5) | |
| Portfolio Investment | |
| Direct Investment | |
| Remittances | |
| The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) | |
| International Financial Statistics | |
| Other Issues | |
| III. | Recent Trends in Global Balance of Payments Statistics |
| Global Current Account | |
| Global Capital and Financial Accounts | |
| Revisions | |
| IV. | Work Program Undertaken by the Committee in 2004 |
| Revision to BPM5 | |
| Portfolio Investment | |
| Direct Investment | |
| Remittances | |
| The HIPC Initiative | |
| International Financial Statistics | |
| Reporting Under BPM5 | |
| Other Issues | |
| V. | Future Work Program |
| VI. | 2005 Meeting |
Tables
1. Global Balances on Current Account, 1997–2003
2. Global Balances on Capital and Financial Accounts, 1997–2003
3. Geographic Breakdown of Total Portfolio Investment: Top Ten Economies by
Holders and Issuers, at Year-End 2002
4. Geographic Breakdown of Total Portfolio Investment: Top Ten Economies by
Holders and Issuers, at Year-End 2003
Boxes
1. Some Major Decisions Taken by the Committee Regarding the Revision of BPM5
2. Countries and International Organizations that Have Provided Members to
the TEGs Set Up by the Committee To Assist It in Its Deliberation on the Revision
of BPM5
Appendices
1. IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics: Composition as of December
31, 2004
2. Terms of Reference of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics
3. Medium-Term Work Program of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics:
End-December 2004