Government finance statistics manual 2011

 · Introduction. Government finance statistics contain crucial indicators for determining the health of the economies of the EU Member States. Under the terms of the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), Member States pledged to keep their deficits and debt below certain limits: a Member State’s government deficit may not exceed 3 % of its gross domestic product (GDP), while its debt may not. The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) contains data for all reporting countries in the framework of the Government Finance Statistics Manual, (GFSM ). The GFSM classifications remain largely the same as in the GFSM presentations. However, some tables now include an expanded list of GFS items, where others have dropped some GFS items. Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (GFSY).

The compilation of government finance statistics (GFS) in the European Union has seen a rapid the first having been produced in and the second in The structure is essentially the same as before, covering user requirements, the analytical framework, methodological guidance, links with This manual, on government expenditure. The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) contains data for all reporting countries in the framework of the Government Finance Statistics Manual, (GFSM ). The GFSM classifications remain largely the same as in the GFSM presentations. However, some tables now include an expanded list of GFS items, where others have dropped some GFS items. The Government Finance Statistics Manual is the latest in a series of international guidelines on statistical methodology that have been issued by the International Monetary Fund. The Manual, which updates the first edi-tion published in , is a major advance in the standards for compilation and presentation of fiscal statistics.

The IMF Statistics Department's Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM ) updates the edition of A Manual on Government Finance Statistics (GFSM ). The edition describes an integrated statistical system that is harmonized, to the extent possible, with the edition of the System of National Accounts ( SNA). 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. Government fi nance statistics manual – Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, pages; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 1. Finance, Public – Statistics – Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. International Monetary Fund. HJM26 ISBN: (paper) (ePub).