Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (Fifth Ed.)

The fifth edition of the Balance of Payments Manual (the Manual) continues the series of international standards that have been issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for providing guidance to member countries in the compilation of balance of payments and related data on the international investment position. The fifth edition of the Manual provides international guidelines for the compilation of data for an articulated set of international accounts encompassing the measurement of external transactions (balance of payments), on the one hand, and the stock of external financial assets and liabilities (the international investment position) on the other.