The concept of balance-of-payments-constrained economic growth has long served as a vital framework for understanding how external imbalances can limit long-run economic expansion. This approach ...
The IMF’s surveillance cycle for China is wrapping up, and at least judging from the press release, China’s balance of payments was not a focus of the conversation. That is unfortunate. I, of course, ...
On March 20, 2025, the IMF released the seventh edition of the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM7, the Manual), updating global standards for external ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has officially recognized digital assets in its global economic reporting framework for the first time, updating its balance of payments standards to reflect the ...
The balance of payments is a double-entry accounting system that's based on corresponding debits and credits. Its purpose is to record payments and receipts from the residents of one country with ...
Washington, DC: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released the seventh edition of the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position ...
MANILA -- The Philippines again posted a balance of payments (BOP) deficit of $2.6 billion in April, higher than the $639 million deficit seen in the same month last year. The country also posted a ...