Data Characteristics
Data Characteristics Unit of measure used Unit of measure usedStatistics are reported at current prices in millions of national currency and in millions of Euros for OECD countries which are members of the Euro zone:
Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain.
Variables collected Variables collected Other data characteristics Other data characteristics| SNA 2008 rules on the valuation of financial assets & liabilities | General recording | Exceptions on the general recording |
| Currency and deposits - AF2 | Nominal* | |
| Debt securities - AF3 | Market | For some purposes, nominal value (or face value) is preferred and applied, e.g. in the case of defining general government debt |
| Loans - AF4 | Nominal | |
| Equity and investement fund shares/units - AF5 | Market | Some forms of equity are not traded on the stock market, as a consequence of which alternative methods, such as own funds at book value are applied. More information can be found in para. 13.71 of the SNA 2008. |
| Insurance pension and standardised guarantees - AF6 | Net present value of (expected) future claims or entitlements. | |
| Other accounts receivable/payable - AF8 | Nominal |
Population & Scope Population & Scope Statistical population Statistical populationNational Accounts - Volume IIIa - Financial Accounts - Flows, which record, by type of financial instruments, the financial transactions between institutional sectors, and are presented in two tables: Financial accounts, consolidated and Financial accounts, non-consolidated.
Concepts & Classifications Concepts & ClassificationsStatistics are reported at current prices in millions of national currency and in millions of Euros for OECD countries which are members of the Euro zone:
Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain.
| SNA 2008 rules on the valuation of financial assets & liabilities | General recording | Exceptions on the general recording |
| Currency and deposits - AF2 | Nominal* | |
| Debt securities - AF3 | Market | For some purposes, nominal value (or face value) is preferred and applied, e.g. in the case of defining general government debt |
| Loans - AF4 | Nominal | |
| Equity and investement fund shares/units - AF5 | Market | Some forms of equity are not traded on the stock market, as a consequence of which alternative methods, such as own funds at book value are applied. More information can be found in para. 13.71 of the SNA 2008. |
| Insurance pension and standardised guarantees - AF6 | Net present value of (expected) future claims or entitlements. | |
| Other accounts receivable/payable - AF8 | Nominal | |
National Accounts - Volume IIIa - Financial Accounts - Flows, which record, by type of financial instruments, the financial transactions between institutional sectors, and are presented in two tables: Financial accounts, consolidated and Financial accounts, non-consolidated.