Imf government finance statistics manual

This Manual, which updates the first edition published in , is a major advance in the standards for compilation and presentation of fiscal statistics. It is intended as a reference volume for compilers of government finance statistics, fiscal analysts, and other users of fiscal data. The Manual introduces accrual accounting, balance sheets, and complete coverage of government economic and. The Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM ) is part of a series of international guidelines on statistical methodologies that have been issued by the International Monetary Fund. The Manual updates the Government Finance Statistics Manual , and is the third edition of guidelines that describe a specialized macroeconomic. International Monetary Fund Language: English The Government Finance Statistics Manual represents a major step forward in clarifying the standards for compiling and presenting fiscal statistics and strengthens the worldwide effort to improve public sector reporting and transparency.

The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Yearbook—Maps of Government for 74 countries. IMF Working Paper WP/11/ Measuring Fiscal Decentralization-Exploring the IMF's Databases, IMF Working Paper WP/11/ GFSM / Related Materials. GFS Fact Sheet, December Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (GFSY). The Government Finance Statistics Manual represents a major step forward in clarifying the standards for compiling and presenting fiscal statistics and strengthens the worldwide effort to improve public sector reporting and transparency. International Monetary Fund Bookstore. Organization. About the IMF. eLibrary. Press Room. Distributors.

Why Government Finance Statistics Manual? (Video Tutorial) This Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM) tutorial video introduces the GFSM, which is the IMF standard for compiling transparent and cross country comparable fiscal statistics. The fiscal statistics collected according to the GFSM are published into the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) dataset. Full text Errata in GFSM English Print (March ) Last Updated: October This Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM ) describes the macroeconomic statistical framework (the GFS framework) designed to support fiscal analysis. The manual provides the economic and statistical reporting principles to be used in compiling the statistics and guidelines for the presentation of fiscal statistics within an analytic framework that includes appropriate balancing items. Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (GFSY).