How are reserve assets valued in the International Financial Statistics (IFS)?

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It is recommended that reserve assets be valued according to market prices on the reference date.

The IFS dataset can be found here.

Methodology

  1. Why are official reserve assets data in the Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (RT) dataset different from the one in the International Financial Statistics (IFS) dataset?
  2. In Government Finance Statistics (GFS), what is the difference between accrued and cash values, and can I add up these values or should I prefer one over the other?
  3. Why are data from the country ministry of finance data page different from the ones in the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) dataset?
  4. Why is the trade data in the Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) not consistent with trade data from the national accounts?
  5. Why do the exports of country A to country B not equal to the imports of country B from country A in the Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) dataset?
  6. How are reserve assets valued in the International Financial Statistics (IFS)?
  7. What explains differences between WEO and IFS data and/or the latest data available from the source?
  8. What does it mean when partner trade data in Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) are estimated?
  9. Is gold part of foreign exchange reserves data in the Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) dataset?
  10. Is there a breakdown of "other currencies" classification in the Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) dataset?
  11. What are the components of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data series in International Financial Statistics (IFS)?
  12. What does "Not Specified (including Confidential) Data" in Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) mean?
  13. Why are there sometimes differences between International Investment Position (IIP) and Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) data?
  14. Are securities that a resident holder provides to a nonresident as collateral under a repurchase agreement or a securities lending agreement included in the resident economy’s Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) database?
  15. Are securities that a resident economy acquires from a nonresident as collateral under a reverse repurchase agreement or a securities lending agreement included in the resident economy’s Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS)?
  16. Can transactions be derived from the position data in the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS)?
  17. In the Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS), why does summing up a country’s exports to (imports from) its partners not equal a country’s exports to (imports from) the world? How is a country’s total exports to (total imports from) the world calculated?
  18. What determines if a country should be included in the “Export Earnings: Fuel” category in the Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) and the International Financial Statistics (IFS) datasets,
  19. What is nominal effective exchange rate (NEER)?
  20. What is real effective exchange rate (REER)?
  21. What accounts for the difference in annual government finance data between the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and the International Financial Statistics (IFS)?
  22. In the Government Finance Statistics (GFS), what comprises the general government sector (GG) and the central government sector (CG)?
  23. What is the Fund’s legal framework for geographical coverage of data reporting?
  24. Are holdings of domestic securities covered in the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) database?
  25. Which exchange rate is used to convert Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) data into U.S. dollars?
  26. Where do I find instructions on how to complete the FAS questionnaire?
  27. Where can I find more information on the FAS methodology?
  28. In terms of customer accounts for Other Financial Institutions, if the instrument used to raise fund is equity, what information should be provided?

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