| 1/ Table 4 separates public sector external debt (current outstanding public sector debt liabilities) and publicly guaranteed private sector external debt (contingent public sector debt liabilities). Data are brokendown by maturity--short-term and long-term--on an original maturity basis and by instrument as set out in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual and International Investment Position (BPM6), and defined in the Guide. Dissemination of quarterly data with one or two quarters lag is recommended. 2/ The coverage should be the same as the public sector coverage of the data reported in Table 1; that is, total external debt in this table should be the same as in Table 1. 3/ Specify whether debt securities are valued at nominal or market value. 4/ Public sector data as defined in paragraph 5.5 of the Guide includes external debt of 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. 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/ It is recommended that all currency and deposits be included in the short-term category unless detailed information is available to make the short-term/long-term attribution. 7/Other debt liabilities comprise insurance, pension, and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable–other in the international investment position (IIP) statement. In the absence of information to make the short-term/long-term attribution, it is recommended that insurance, pension, and standardized guaranteed schemes be classified as long term. 8/ Arrears are recorded in the original debt instrument, rather than in other debt liabilities, short-term, and separately identified by sector in memorandum items. See recording of arrears in paragraph 3.43. 9/ In line with BPM6, SDR allocations should be reported as long-term external debt liabilities. 10/ Because of the nature of the relationship between debtor and creditor, Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending is separately identified. A maturity attribution is not provided for intercompany lending. 11/ Includes arrears on Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending reported in the table under public sector and publicly-guaranteed private sector external debt. 12/ Debt securities valued at market value if they are presented at nominal value in the table, or at nominal value if they are presented at market value in the table. Debt securities in the memorandum items do not include those that may be included in Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending. |