The concepts and definitions used in balance of payments (b.o.p.) and international investment position (i.i.p.) statistics are generally in line with the IMF Balance of Payments Manual (fifth edition, October 1993), the ECB Guideline of 16 July 2004 on the statistical reporting requirements of the ECB (ECB/2004/15), and Eurostat documents. Additional references about the methodologies and sources used in the euro area b.o.p. and i.i.p. statistics can be found in the ECB publication entitled" European Union balance of payments/international investment position statistical methods
Monthly, quarterly and annual
For information about the naming convention (series key dimensions and metadata), refer to the BOP underlying DSD (ECB_BOP1) maintained by the ECB.
non-adjusted as well as seasonally and working day adjusted
Manual checks
Verification of processing: Automatised FAME processing
Consistency with other indicator: Money and Banking; BIS
BOP - Euro Area Balance of Payments and International Invetsment Position (discountinued) test
National Central Banks and/or National Statistics Offices and European Central Bank (ECB)
European Central Bank
Money and Banking; BIS
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