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Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics
(Jointly with the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts (AEG))
March 7-10, 2022
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Documents below labeled as "papers" were discussed at the meeting, while those labeled as "reports" were only made available for information.

  • Summary of Discussions: Joint Committee and AEG Sessions. Paper by IMF and UNSD (BOPCOM VM1 22/15)

Current Account Task Team (CATT)

  • Treatment of Travel Packages, Health-Related Travel, and Taxes and Fees on Passengers’ Tickets (C.7). Paper by CATT (BOPCOM VM1 22/01)
  • Treatment of Travel Packages, Health-Related Travel, and Taxes and Fees on Passengers’ Tickets (C.7): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by CATT (BOPCOM VM1 22/01.1)

Financial and Payment Systems Task Team (FITT)

  • More Disaggregated Institutional Sector and Financial Instrument Breakdowns (F.1). Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/02)
  • More Disaggregated Institutional Sector and Financial Instrument Breakdowns (F.1): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/02.1)
  • Impact of Fintech on Macroeconomic Statistics (F.7). Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/03)
  • Impact of Fintech on Macroeconomic Statistics (F.7): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/03.1)
  • Debt Concessionality (F.15). Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/04)
  • Debt Concessionality (F.15): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/04.1)
  • Asymmetric Treatment of Retained Earnings (F.2): Testing and Experimental Calculations. Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/05)
  • The Recording of Crypto Assets in Macroeconomic Statistics (F.18). Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/06)
  • The Recording of Crypto Assets in Macroeconomic Statistics (F.18): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by FITT (BOPCOM VM1 22/06.1)

Globalization Task Team (GZTT)

  • Global Value Chains and Trade in Value Added (G.7). Paper by GZTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/07)
  • Global Value Chains and Trade in Value Added (G.7): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by GZTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/07.1)
  • Treatment of Special Purpose Entities and Residency (G.4). Paper by GZTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/08)
  • Treatment of Special Purpose Entities and Residency (G.4): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by GZTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/08.1)
  • Economic Ownership of Intellectual Property Products: Recording of Intra-MNE Transactions (G.5). Paper by GZTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/09)
  • Economic Ownership of Intellectual Property Products: Recording of Intra-MNE Transactions (G.5): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by GZTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/09.1)
  • Payments for Nonproduced Knowledge-Based Capital (Marketing Assets) (G.9). Paper by GZTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/10)
  • Payments for Nonproduced Knowledge-Based Capital (Marketing Assets) (G.9): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by GZTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/10.1)

Communication Task Team (CMTT)

  • An Assessment Framework to Measure Alignment with the International Economic Statistical Standards (CM.1). Paper by CMTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/11)
  • A Framework for Measuring Alignment with the Economic Accounting and Statistical Standards (CM.1): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by CMTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/11.1)
  • Terminology and Branding of the International Economic Statistical Standards (CM.2). Paper by CMTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/12)
  • Terminology and Branding of the Economic Accounting Statistical Standards (CM.2): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by CMTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/12.1)
  • A Taxonomy for Communicating Economic Statistics Releases, Products, and Product Updates (CM.3). Paper by CMTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/13)
  • A Taxonomy for Communicating Economic Statistics Releases, Products, and Product Updates (CM.3): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by CMTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/13.1)

Islamic Finance Task Team:

  • Islamic Finance in the National Accounts and External Sector Statistics (IF.1). Paper by IFTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/14)
  • Islamic Finance in the National Accounts and External Sector Statistics (IF.1): Outcome of Global Consultation. Paper by IFTT (BOPCOM VM1 22/14.1)

Other Items:

  • Progress Report on the Holistic Review of BPM6 Update Priorities. Report by IMF (BOPCOM VM1 22/16)