The IMF's statistical systems in context of revision of the United Nations' A system of national accounts / Statistics Department ; edited by Vicente Galbis.

"A selection of papers presented at three expert group meetings sponsored by the Fund in 1987-88"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at three expert group meetings sponsored by the Fund in 1987-88 for the revision of the SNA. These meetings dealt with issues in the balance of payments, government finance, and monetary statistics and were part of a sequence of expert group meetings organised by the interested international organizations to oversee the revision process. The papers place the Fund's statistical methodlogies in the context of revision of the SNA and explain the contribution that the Fund has made, and can make, to the process of hamonization.

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Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: EXTERNAL SECTOR TRANSACTIONS -- 1. Residents of an Economy -- 2. Treatment of International Organizations -- 3. Change of Ownership and Time of Recording in the National Accounts -- 4. Conversion of Balance of Payments Transactions as a Source of Valuation Changes: Problems, Principles, and Practical Solutions -- 5. Currency Conversion in a Multiple Exchange Rate System -- 6. Treatment of Exchange Rate Differentials in the National Accounts

7. Harmonization of the Classification of External Current Account Transactions8. Proposed Treatment of Reinvested Earnings on Direct Investment -- 9. Classification of International Transactions in Services, Income, and Unrequited Current Transfers -- 10. Measurement of a Nation's Terms of Trade Effect and Real National Disposable Income Within a National Accounting Framework -- 11. Classification of Capital Account Transactions -- 12. Classification of Corporate Enterprises -- 13. New Financial Instruments and the Balance of Payments

14. Classification of Transactions in Zero-Coupon Bonds, Junk Bonds, and Indexed Bonds in the Balance of Payments15. Some Issues in the Balance of Payments Presentation of Arrears and Debt Reorganization -- PART II: PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTS -- 16. A Discussion of Public Sector Accounts -- 17. An Example of Progress in Delineating Relationships Between Government Finance Statistics and National Accounts Concepts -- 18. Overall Relationships Between the IMF's Government Finance Statistics and A System of National Accounts

19. Derivation of System of National Accounts Value from Government Finance Statistics Data20. Sectorization of Social Security Funds -- PART III: FINANCIAL FLOWS AND BALANCES -- 21. Flow-of-Funds Accounts, A System of National Accounts, and Developing Countries -- 22. The Financial Sector -- 23. Monetary Concepts and Definitions -- 24. Repurchase Agreements and Financial Analysis -- 25. Recording of Financial and Operational Leases and of Income on Zero- and Low-Coupon Bonds -- 26. Financial Leasing

27. Treatment of Deep-Discounted and Index-Linked Bonds in the National Accounts28. Principles of Valuation and Reconciliation Items in the IMF's Money and Banking Statistics and A System of National Accounts -- 29. Treatment of Output in the Banking Industry -- 30. A Further Look at the Treatment of Insurance in A System of National Accounts -- 31. How to Treat Nonproduced Assets and Exceptional Events in the National Accounts? Considerations on the Variations in Wealth Accounting -- 32. Fixed Capital Formation by Owner and User -- Contributors -- Abbreviations

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