| 1/ Table 2 is consistent with the GDDS external debt data category, which encourages the dissemination of the associated debt-service schedule of the public sector and publicly-guaranteed private sector external debt. Data should be consistent with the Guide. Dissemination twice yearly for the first four quarters and two semesters, three years ahead, followed by two 5-year groups and data for over 15 years and with a lag of one or two quarters is recommended. 2/ Data coverage should be consistent with the public sector coverage reported in Table 1; that is, data reported in this table should comprise the debt-service payment schedule of the most recent quarterly data reported in Table 1. 3/ Immediately available on demand or immediately due. It includes arrears, including interest on arrears, and certain types of banks deposits, etc (the Guide, paragraph 7.14). 4/ The public sector comprises the general government, the central bank, and those units in the deposit-taking corporations, except the central bank, and other sectors that are public corporations (Guide, paragraph 5.5). 5/ Publicly guaranteed private sector external debt comprises the external debt liabilities of the private sector, the servicing of which is contractually guaranteed by a public sector unit resident in the same economy as the debtor (the Guide, paragraph 5.6). 6/ These memorandum items are requested to link the information in this table to data used by the IMF for debt sustainability analysis (DSA). For DSA purposes, the repayment of SDR allocations (principal) is excluded from the debt-service payment schedule, and interest payments on SDR allocations are included, only in the circumstance, and only to the extent (amount), that interest payments on SDR allocations exceed interest receipts on SDR holdings. See the Guide, paragraph 7.16. * Interest should include interest payments on SDR allocations; however, for the purpose of this table, interest payments are not shown in the "More than 15" column. SDR allocations reported for the most recent quarterly data in Table 1 should be included as principal in the "More than 15" column. See the Guide, paragraph 7.16. |