The IFC's contribution to the 53rd ISI Session, Seoul, 2001

The IFC's contribution to the 53rd ISI Session, Seoul, 2001

IFC Bulletin | No 10 |

01 October 2001

| 82 pages

Editorial	page
From Seoul to Berlin, via Basle	5
Short Report of the IFC Administrative Meeting	6
Visit to the Bank of Korea	8

Articles
Statistical Measurement of the "New Economy" (including hedonic price indicators) Hans-Peter Glaab	9
Statistical Measurement of the "New Economy" - A review of work undertaken at the Bank of England and the Office for National Statistics Philip Turnbull	16
The Cost of the Lack of Statistics Johan Östberg	19

Seoul Meeting 2001
Programme of the IFC Conference	23

Papers

Financial Stability Statistics
Recent Developments in Statistical Requirements for Financial Stability, and in their Use - The Perspective of International Organisations Paul van den Bergh and Charles Enoch	25
Discussants' Comments	27
L Federico Signorini	27
Jean-Marc Israël	28

The Measurement of External Debt and External Reserves
Foreign Reserves Measurement and Balance of Payments Consistency - Three Caribbean Examples Daniel O Boamah	30
The Measurement of External Debt and External Reserves - The Case of the Czech Republic Petr Vojtisek	34
Update in the Field Carol S Carson	40

Collection of Financial Data from Companies - Statistics and International Accounting Standards
Timeliness and Reliability of Financial Statements in the Banking Sector: The impact for macroeconomic data Rudi Acx	41
Loan and Deposit Valuation: The Methodologies of the Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and the International Accounting Draft Standard Satoru Hagino	44
Comments on "Measuring the Service Earnings of Financial Intermediaries - The role of the balance sheet in the production process" Kiyohito Utsunomiya	46
Treatment of Retirement Benefits and Stock Options in National Accounting Kiyohito Utsunomiya, Satoru Hagino and Teppei Nagano	47

The Relationship between Central Banks and Statistical Institutes
Financial information collection system in the Bank of Latvia: Heading toward direct reporting and surveys Agris Caune and Arvils Sautins	63
Integration of the trade statistics in the balance of payments of the Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union and the current account of Belgium Guido Melis	65
The Relationship between Central Banks and Statistical Institutes - The Case of Austria Aurel Schubert	68

Fisher's short stories
Fisher's short stories on wealth 56-64 Arthur Vogt	70
Short stories on wealth	76

The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Committee, its members or the BIS.