Course on Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics

The balance of payments and international investment position statistics provide a series of economic indicators that are essential for the analysis and understanding of the evolution of the economy of the countries, as well as to anticipate their future performance. For this reason, the fact that the elaboration of those statistics being based on solid methodological principles and of international acceptance, is essential for them to serve as an input in the economic policy decision-making of the authorities.

The course covered the different methodological aspects contained in the Sixth Edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6). The agenda was made up of a series of presentations made by the coordinators and an exchange of ideas and experiences with the participants was promoted. The presentations, in addition to covering the methodological and conceptual aspects of the international accounts, included comments on various sources of information that are used in the measurement of such accounts.