This page presents the reference manuals and nomenclature that describe the principles and guidelines governing statistics produced by Banco de Portugal, namely with regard to the characterisation of financial instruments and institutional sectors, valuation criteria, classification of operations and economic activities, connection between transactions and positions and links between the various statistics. These manuals set the methodological framework for the harmonisation and comparison of statistics across countries.
IMF's Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual IMF's Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual IMF's External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 1993 SNA - Table of Contents Methodology on Government finance statistics |Only in Portuguese| European System of Accounts - ESA 95 ESA95 Manual on Government Deficit and Debt Portuguese classification of economic activities CAE Rev.3 CAE Rev.2.1