INTRODUCTION
The course material is based on the updated Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (MFSMCG) and briefly summarizes the principles of economic sectoring, the characteristics and classification of financial instruments, valuation, and other accounting issues that are relevant for the compilation of data for the entire financial sector. The course also covers some aspects of financial statistics, which comprise the financial flows and stocks of all sectors of the domestic economy and their interactions with the rest of the world, the balance sheet approach for vulnerability analysis, and the interrelationships between monetary, external sector, government finance, and national accounts statistics.