Abstract

Change in Interbank Claims and Liabilities, 1985–First Quarter 19911

Statistical Appendix

Table A1.

Change in Interbank Claims and Liabilities, 1985–First Quarter 19911

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Sources: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics (IFS); and IMF staff estimates.

Data on changes in claims and liabilities are derived from stock data on the reporting countries’ liabilities and assets, excluding changes attributed to exchange rate movements.

As measured by differences in the outstanding liabilities of borrowing countries, defined as cross-border interbank accounts by residence of borrowing bank.

Excluding offshore centers.

The Bahamas, Bahrain, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the Netherlands Antilles, Panama, and Singapore.

Transactors included in IFS measures for the world, to enhance global symmetry, but excluded from IFS measures for “All Countries.” The data comprise changes in the accounts of the Bank for International Settlements with banks other than central banks and changes in identified cross-border interbank accounts of European developing economies (excluding IMF members).

All developing countries except the eight Middle Eastern oil exporters (the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) for which external debt statistics are either not available or are small in relation to external assets.

All developing countries except the eight Middle Eastern oil exporters (listed in footnote 6), Algeria, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Venezuela.

As measured by differences in the outstanding assets of depositing countries, defined as cross-border interbank accounts by residence of lending banks.

Difference between changes in claims and liabilities.

The difference between global measures of cross-border changes in interbank claims and liabilities.

Table A2

Change in Claims on Nonbanks and Liabilities to Nonbanks, 1985–First Quarter 19911

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Sources: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics (IFS); and IMF staff estimates.

Data on changes in claims and liabilities are derived from stock data on the reporting countries’ liabilities and assets, excluding changes attributed to exchange rate movements.

As measured by differences in the outstanding liabilities of borrowing countries, defined as cross-border bank credits to nonbanks by residence of borrower.

Excluding offshore centers.

The Bahamas, Bahrain, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the Netherlands Antilles, Panama, and Singapore.

Transactors included in IFS measures for the world, to enhance global symmetry, but excluded from IFS measures for “All Countries.” The data comprise changes in the accounts of international organizations (other than the Bank for International Settlements) with banks; and changes in identified cross-border bank accounts of nonbanks in European developing economies (excluding Fund members).

The difference between the amount that countries report as their banks’ positions with nonresident nonbanks in their monetary statistics and the amounts that banks in major financial centers report as their positions with nonbanks in each country.

All developing countries except the eight Middle Eastern oil exporters (the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) for which external debt statistics are either not available or are small in relation to external assets.

All developing countries except the eight Middle Eastern oil exporters (listed in footnote 7), Algeria, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Venezuela.

As measured by differences in the outstanding assets of depositing countries defined as international bank deposits by nonbanks by residence of depositor.

Difference between changes in claims and liabilities.

Table A3

Long-Term Bank Credit Commitments to Developing Countries, 1984–First Quarter 19911

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Sources: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Financial Statistics Monthly; and IMF staff estimates.

Owing to rounding, components may not add.

Includes agreements in principle with Argentina, Côte d’lvoire, Ecuador, and the Philippines.

Includes a $0.1 billion revolving trade facility for Costa Rica.

Includes agreements in principle with the Congo, Mexico, and Nigeria.

Includes agreement in principle with Ecuador.

Includes agreements in principle with Côte d’lvoire and Yugoslavia.

Includes agreement in principle with Jordan and finalized agreements with Mexico and the Philippines.

Includes agreements in principle with Venezuela and Uruguay.

Excludes offshore banking centers.

Concerted lending refers to bank credit commitments coordinated by a bank advisory committee.

Includes bank loans obtained by Colombia ($1.6 billion in 1989 and $1.8 billion in 1990) on a “semi-concerted” basis to refinance principal payments.

Includes a $0.1 billion concerted lending commitment to Panama.

Table A4

Bank Credit Commitments by Country of Destination,1984–First Quarter 19911

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Sources: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Financial Statistics Monthly; and IMF staff estimates.

OECD data on developing countries have been adjusted to include new money commitments under bank agreements in principle, as follows (amounts in billions of U.S. dollars):

1984: Argentina (3.7); Côte d’lvoire (0.1); Ecuador (0.2); the Philippines (0.9).

1985: Costa Rica (0.1 revolving trade facility)

1986: Congo (0.1); Mexico (7.7); Nigeria (0.3)

1987: Ecuador (0.4)

1988: Côte d’lvoire (0.2); Yugoslavia (0.3)

1989: Jordan (0.1); Mexico (1.1); the Philippines (0.7)

1990: Colombia (1.8); Uruguay (0.1); Venezuela (1.2)

Excludes offshore banking centers.

Includes former German Democratic Republic through 1989.

Table A5

External Assets of BIS Reporting Banks by Maturity and Undisbursed Credit Commitments, December 1986–June 1990

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Source: Bank for International Settlements, The Maturity Distribution of International Bank Lending.
Table A6

Change in Claims of U.S. Banks on Developing Countries, 1985–901

(In billions of U.S. dollars and in percent)

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Source: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Country Exposure Lending Survey.

Data are based on consolidated reports of banks; owing to rounding, components may not add.

Data for 1989–90 are based on the 12 major banks.

Excludes offshore banking centers.