GENERAL STRUCTURE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS

On 28 November 2013 the Governing Council adopted Regulation ECB/2013/43 on payments statistics and Recommendation ECB/2013/44 on payments statistics.

For payment statistics and other purposes, the ECB requires the following two items

complete data set shall mean all categories under revenue and expenditure statistics, deficit-debt adjustment statistics and debt statistics

debt statistics shall mean the statistics contained in Table 3A and Table 3B of Annex I

debt statistics, which comprise the statistics contained in Tables 3A and 3B of Annex I.

government debt statistics, which comprise the statistics contained in Tables 3A and 3B of Annex I.

revenue and expenditure statistics shall mean the statistics contained in Table 1A, Table 1B and Table 1C of Annex I

Securities issues statistics and MFI balance sheet statistics are linked for the purposes of issues of negotiable instruments by MFIs.

Securities issues statistics and MFI balance sheet statistics are linked for the purpose of issues of negotiable instruments by MFIs.

Securities issues statistics and MFI balance sheet statistics are linked for the purpose of issues of negotiable instruments by MFIs.

NCBs must review the coverage of the securities issues statistics and the MFI balance sheet statistics and indicate any conceptual differences to the ECB.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of instruments covered in in the securities issues statistics

Other financial intermediaries statistics (except investment funds and financial vehicle corporations).

Other financial intermediaries statistics (except investment funds and financial vehicle corporations

PF statistics (stocks and transactions

PF statistics (stocks and transactions

Flow adjustments: special features in PF statistics

In the case of PF statistics, NCBs report adjustment data to the ECB in accordance with Part 24 of Annex II.