Recorded on FOB basis, including shuttle and transit trade Imports of goods. The IMF's 'International Financial Statistics' publication has been used as the main source. Concerning gross foreign debt , the OECD External Debt Statistics publication has been used as the source for 1994-6. According to the convention, the stock of outstanding debt is converted from US dollars into EURO at end-year exchange rates, whereas GDP is converted into EURO using annual average exchange rates. Method Reserve assets are end-year stock data.
Gold is valued at end-year market price.
M1 generally means notes and coin in circulation plus bank sight deposits. M2 generally means M1 plus savings deposits plus other short-term claims on banks. Total credit generally means domestic credit to the government and private sectors. It should be noted that the problem of measuring the circulation of foreign currency in some Candidate Countries may affect the reliability of the data. Interest rates .