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Subjects > Balance of Payments > Mexico

Country: Mexico Subject: Balance of Payments

MEX.BP.......
Data source(s) used
The Bank of Mexico compiles the balance of payments using as main sources:
1 Customs documents for goods trade.
2 Surveys for travel, other services, compensation of employees, direct investment income and nonbank private debt.
3 Administrative records for transfers(workers remittances).
4 Official records for direct investment capital.
5 Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit for statistics on public debt.
6 Bank of Mexico statistics on the banking sector.

Direct source
Bank of Mexico

Source Periodicity
Data are published quarterly in US dollars.

Source metadata
More metadata can be found at www.banxico.org.mx and in the IMF Balance of Payments Statistics publication

Unit of measure used
US Dollars

Link to Release calendar
SDDS

Geographic coverage
Data cover the territory of Mexico.

Key statistical concept
Mexico is in transition between BPM4 and BPM5. Major recommendations yet to be implemented include breaking down the services account into more detail and identifying and subdividing capital transfers.

Seasonal adjustment
Annual data are sum of quarterly figures. OECD performs the seasonal adjustment using an option which ensures that the seasonally adjusted monthly or quarterly figures add to the corresponding unadjusted annual data.


Country: Mexico Subject: Balance of Payments > Capital and Financial Accounts > Total (BPM5) > Excl. change in official reserves

MEX.BPCFTT02.......
Key statistical concept
Data refer to capital and financial accounts. Change in official reserves is excluded.


Country: Mexico Subject: Balance of Payments > Financial Account > Change in reserve assets > Excluding valuation assets

MEX.BPFARA02.......
Key statistical concept
Data includes adjustments for changes in the prices of gold and silver reserves.