Using the balance sheet approach in surveillance: framework and data sources and availability/ Johan Mathisen and Anthony J. Pellechio.

Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1. Interrelationships of the Balance Sheet and Accumulation Accounts; 1. Recent Country Examples of Balance Sheet Analysis; 2. Main Objectives of the Balance Sheet Approach; 3. Key Features of the Framework for Analysis; 1. Intersectoral Asset and Liability Position Matrix; 2. South Africa: Net Intersectoral Asset and Liability Matrix; Sectorization; 2. Sectorizing Public Entities (General Government versus Public Corporations); 3. Sectors and Financial Instrument Categories. Classification and Valuation of Financial Instruments3. Common Foreign Currency Balance Sheet Relationships in Partially Dollarized Emerging Market Economies; Levels of Complexity; 4. Data Methodologies and Availability for Balance Sheet Analysis; Relationship Between the BSA and 1993 SNA Methodologies and Datasets; 2. Relevant Data Methodologies; Potential Databases for the BSA; 4. Potential Data Sources for Estimating Intersectoral Asset and Liability Matrix; 5. Uses of Standardized Report Form Data to Estimate Intersectoral Asset and Liability Positions. 4. South Africa: Sectoral Net Financial Positions, by Currency5. South Africa: Sectoral Net Financial Positions vis-à-vis Nonresidents, by Currency; 6. South Africa: Other Depository Corporations' Detailed Positions vis-à-vis Nonresidents, by Currency and Instrument; Data Availability; Data Reliability; 6. Available Datasets for Balance Sheet Vulnerability Analysis; 7. Data Reliability by Sector; 8. Data Reliability by Financial Instrument; 5. Using Timely and Frequent Balance Sheet Analysis in Surveillance; 6. Conclusions; Appendix I. Definitions of Sectors. Appendix II. Definitions of Financial InstrumentsReferences; Footnotes.