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Contents | Print version
What it's about
This publication describes the conceptual framework of New Zealand’s balance of payments (BOP) and international investment position (IIP) statistics, and the data sources and methods used to compile them. Its purpose is to help users understand the statistics. It explains what the statistics measure, how they may be interpreted, how they relate to other economic series, how they are produced, where they are published and why they are subject to varying degrees of accuracy and reliability.
This is the third edition of this publication, the second having been published in 1991. This latest update reflects the impact on the statistics of New Zealand’s adoption of the fifth edition of the International Monetary Fund’s Balance of Payments Manual (BPM5) and the revised System of National Accounts 1993 (SNA93). These are international standards that have been harmonised with each other to better facilitate understanding of the interrelationships between these statistics. Since 1991, there have been substantial changes to the presentation of statistics, data sources and estimation methods, and these are reflected in this edition.
Published 22 June 2001
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As a printed paper version
Catalogue Code 01.476.2001
ISBN 0-478-20765-4
Price, per title $45.00
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Conceptual Framework
Chapter 3: Classification
Chapter 4: Data Dissemination and Related Issues
Chapter 5: Current Account Overview
Chapter 6: Goods
Chapter 7: Services
Chapter 8: Income
Chapter 9: Current Transfers
Chapter 10: Capital Transfers
Chapter 11: The Financial Account and the International Investment Position Statement
Chapter 12: Direct Investment
Chapter 13: Portfolio Investment
Chapter 14: Financial Derivatives
Chapter 15: Other Investment
Chapter 16: Reserve Assets
Chapter 17: Quality of Data
Chapter 18: The Balance of Payments and the Relationship to National Accounts
Appendix 1: Data Sources Used in the Compilation of New Zealand’s BOP and IIP Statistics
Appendix 2: Data Methodologies Used in the Compilation of BOP and IIP Components
Appendix 3: Chronology of Major Events Affecting BOP Statistics
Appendix 4: Frequently Asked Questions and Common Fallacies in the BOP and the IIP
Index
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