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5331.0 - Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, Concepts, Sources and Methods, 1998
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Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 22/09/1998
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Contents
CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviations and other usages
ABS publications referred to in this publication
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Conceptual framework
Definitions
Double-entry system
Concepts of territory and residence
Valuation
Time of recording
Types of transactions in the balance of payments
Other changes in the international investment position
Gross and net recording
Chapter 3. Classifications
Introduction
Standard balance of payments classification
Standard international investment position classification
Major classifications of the financial account and international investment position
Country classification
Industry classification
Chapter 4. Publication
Publication strategy
Balance Of Payments Summary Statement
International Investment Position Summary Statement
Presentation of time series
Detailed and supplementary tables
Chapter 5. Data sources and methods
Introduction
Compilation strategy
Classification of data sources
Data models
Chapter 6. Current account - goods
Concepts and definitions
Valuation
Time of recording
Coverage of international trade statistics
Commodity classification
Data sources and methods
Chapter 7. Current account - services
Introduction
Transportation services
Travel
Communications services
Construction services
Insurance services
Financial services
Computer and information services
Royalties and licence fees
Other business services
Personal, cultural and recreational services
Government services, n.i.e.
Valuation and time of recording
Classifications
Data sources
Chapter 8. Current account - income
Introduction
Compensation of employees
Investment income
Data sources and methods
Chapter 9. Current account - transfers
Concept and definition
Classification
Valuation and time of recording
Data sources and methods
Chapter 10. Capital account
Introduction
Capital transfers
Acquisition/disposal of non-produced, non-financial assets
Data sources and methods
Chapter 11. Financial account and international investment position
Introduction
Concept of a financial asset
Valuation and time of recording
Classification
Relationship between international investment position and external debt
Reconciliation of gross assets and liabilities with direction of investment
Chapter 12. Direct investment
Concept and definition
Classifications
Data sources and methods
Relationship between direct investment statistics and Foreign Investment Review Board data
Chapter 13. Portfolio investment
Concept and definition
Classifications
Data sources and methods
Chapter 14. Other investment and reserve assets
Introduction
Other investment
Reserve assets
Data sources and methods
Chapter 15. Data quality
The concept of quality
Assessment of quality
Chapter 16. The balance of payments and relationship to the national accounts
Introduction
Relations between national accounts and balance of payments concepts and classifications
Chapter 17. Classification by partner country
Introduction
Regional allocation principles
Data sources and methods
Selection of countries and of regional and other groupings
Chapter 18. Emerging issues
Introduction
Developments in data sources
New challenges
International statistical co-operation
Appendix 1. Data sources used in the compilation of balance of payments components
Appendix 2. Selected data models used in the compilation of balance of payments components
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This page first published 30 September 1999, last updated 21 March 2023
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