IMF Balance of Payments Statistics, 1967-2017

The <i>International Monetary Fund (IMF) Balance of Payments (BOPS)</i> database is a statistical statement containing over 100,000 quarterly and annual time series data that summarise, for a specific period (typically a year or quarter), the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world. It covers:<ul><li>all the goods, services, factor income and current transfers an economy receives from or provides to the rest of the world</li><li>capital transfers and changes in an economy's external financial claims and liabilities</li></ul>This database was first provided by the UK Data Service in June 2004. The UK Data Service web site includes further information on its <i>IMF BOPS</i> holdings, including a <a href="http://ukdataservice.ac.uk//use-data/guides/dataset/bops.aspx" title ="IMF Balance of Payments dataset user guide">dataset user guide</a> and details of <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/bops/2016-06" title ="IMF Balance of Payments latest database updates">latest database updates</a>.<br>
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<b>Citation:</b> The bibliographic citation for the database is: International Monetary Fund (<i>{YYYY}</i>): Balance of Payment Statistics (<i>{date/edition of dataset}</i>). UK Data Service. DOI: <i>{edition specific doi - e.g. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/bops/2016-06">http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/bops/2016-06</a>}</i>. <br>
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