The IFC's contribution to the 55th ISI Session, Sydney, April 2005

IFC Bulletin No 22
September 2005
 

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Keynote address
G R Stevens

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Cost, quality and relevance of financial statistics 

Cost, quality and relevance of the BIS international financial statistics
Paul Van den Bergh

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The potential impact of Basel II on central bank data requirements in Jamaica
Myrtle D Halsall and R Brian Langrin

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Future challenges in compiling balance of payments and international investment position
Jörgen Ovi and Thomas Elkjar

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Accounting standards and their impact on financial statistics

A comparison of the main features of accounting and statistical standards
Paolo Poloni and Patrick Sandars

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From general ledger towards financial statistics
Johan Lammers

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The impact of the introduction of accrual accounting by Australian government on government finance statistics
Peter Harper

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Monetary and financial statistics: the role of accounting standards
Rob Edwards and Randall Merris

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The impact of accounting standards on financial statistics – comments on invited papers
Jean Cordier

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Comments on the paper related to accounting standards and their impact on financial statistics
Satoru Hagino and Michelle Hassine

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Optimal method for data quality improvements in financial statistics

Data quality control with ARIMA filtering
Augustín Maravall
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The use of sample data to improve the quality of financial statistics
Giovanni D'Alessio and Ivan Faiella

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Assessing the quality of financial statistics
Carol S Carson

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Discussion of G D'Alessio and I Faiella and C Carson
Arthur B Kennickell

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Robust analysis of the term structure of interest rates
Elvezio Ronchetti

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Comments to Ronchetti
L F Signorini

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The use of survey in financial statistics: challenges and opportunities

Surveys for insurance services in the balance of payments
Ghislain Poullet

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Corporate balance sheet statistics as an input for compiling institutional sector accounts
Reimund Mink and Juliane Kinsele

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Strengthening contacts with key data suppliers
Brian O'Reilly and Greg Haymes

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Use of surveys in statistics in the Czech National Bank
Petr Vojtisek

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UK surveys of non-financial corporations: integrated quarterly sector accounts
Richard Walton and Robin Lynch

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Financial risk management instruments usage in large and medium-sized enerprises – business survey in a transition country
Ksenija Dumicic, Mirna Dumicic and Roko Cukrov

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Security-by-security collection system
Erich Hille and Guenther Sedlacek

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Discussion paper: Methods in financial statistics: challenges and opportunities
Rudi Acx

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Statistics on real estate prices: the need for a strategic approach
David Fenwick

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IFC Conference, 2004
Workshop H

International organization in the balance of payments
Henk Lub

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