This paper discusses the coverage of Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) is augmented by using trade statistics available from other international organizations. Monthly data for all European Union member countries are sourced from the COMEXT database maintained by EUROSTAT. Annual data reported to the United Nations COMTRADE database are incorporated in DOTS for countries that do not report to the IMF. Furthermore, the availability of partner data makes it possible to calculate estimates of countries for which data are not obtainable from other sources. Estimation occurs if a reporting country does not report trade with its partners for a specific period. Data are estimated for all partners. In the absence of some or all of the monthly DOTS, quarterly or annual reported DOTS are used. Because imports are valued on a cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) basis and exports on a free on board (FOB) basis, the data are adjusted for the cost of freight and insurance.

Direction of Trade Statistics, March 2017

Business & Money

IMF Staff

International

International Monetary Fund IMF

Direction of Trade Statistics, June 2017

Direction of Trade Statistics, September 2017

Direction of Trade Statistics, September 2017

Accounting

Fund'S Intl. Banking Statistics (Spanish ) (Fibssa0000000)

International Monetary Fund

Fiscal Policies In Economies In Transition (Russian) (Fpetra0000000)

The Balance of Payments Textbook, like the Balance of Payments Compilation Guide, is a companion document to the fifth edition of the Balance of Payments Manual. The Textbook provides illustrative examples and applications of concepts, definitions, classifications, and conventions contained in the Manual, and affords compilers opportunities for enhancing their understanding of the relevant parts of the Manual. The Textbook is one of the main reference materials for training courses in balance of payments methodology.

Balance of Payments Textbook (Manuals and Guides)

Staff Paper Vol 50 No 2 June 2003 Spi

Eurospan

This paper analyzes the issue of purchasing power parity using real effective exchange rate (REER) data for 20 industrial countries in the post-Bretton Woods period. The serial correlation-robust median-unbiased estimator yields a cross-country average of half-lives of deviations from parity of about eight years, with the REER of several countries displaying permanent deviations from parity. The paper analyzes integration of Africa into world trade. The high-yield spread as a predictor of real economic activity is also examined.

Staff Paper Vol 50 No 3 (September 2003) (Spiea0032003)

The paper discusses a model in which growth is a negative function of fiscal burden. Moreover, growth discontinuously switches from high to low as the fiscal burden reaches a critical level. The paper provides an overview of key elements of corporate bankruptcy codes and practice around the world that are relevant to the debate on sovereign debt restructuring. It also describes the broad trends in international financial integration for a sample of industrial countries and explains the cross-country and time-series variation in the size of international balance sheets.

Staff Paper Vol 50 2003 (Special Issue) (Spsiea0012003)

Monetary Union Among Member Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (International Monetary Fund Occasional Paper)

Ugo Fasano

Economics

Intl Monetary Fund

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