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Monetary and banking statistics

Monetary and banking statistics I.
The main objective of the balance sheet statistics of monetary financial institutions is to provide stocks and flows of financial assets and liabilities with sufficient detail to calculate monetary aggregates and other analytically
useful aggregates providing information on monetary developments in a given territory. In recent years, indirect finance has been provided to the public and private sectors not only by credit institutions but also by other monetary financial institutions and by other financial intermediaries. Various types of financial institutions – and especially those which are predominantly engaged in long-term financing – are becoming an important part of financial intermediation. These institutions are the subject of growing interest not only from investors but also from statisticians as they constitute a source of information from the financial intermediation area


Monetary and Banking Statistics II. (balance of payments …)
The balance of payments is a cross-sectional statistical monitoring of economic activities of residents in relation to other countries. The requirements for the collection of balance of payments statistical data change over time. These changes reflect users’ demands for the monitoring of trends in the economy, new financial products, the globalisation process, and the formation of euro area statistics. Such processes are defined at the theoretical level by revisions of internationally valid manuals (such as the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual and the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services) and recommendations regarding data presentation formats (Eurostat Balance of Payments Vademecum, the ECB Requirements on the BoP Statistics, etc.). The statistical information collection system at the national level should be set so that the data acquired present a true picture of economic processes in the area of external economic relations. At the same time, the statistical system under way should optimise both the financial and time demands on respondents and statistical institutions. Measuring the economic variables of the balance of payments requires invention on the part of statistical experts to meet the requirements of politicians, analysts and academics.
 
 
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