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Differentials shown should be treated as indicative because they conceal intercountry differences in the maturity structure of long-term rates. For instance, the U.S. long-term rate is on ten-year federal government bonds, while the German rate is the average on government bonds with maturities over three years.

Table A1.

Long-Term and Short-Term Interest Rate Differentials Between the United States and Other Major Countries, 1987-901

(In percent a year)

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Sources: Banque de France; Nikkei Data Service; Bank of England; Data Resources, Inc. (DRI); U.S. Federal Reserve; and International Monetary Fund, Treasurer’s Department.

Differentials shown should be treated as indicative because they conceal intercountry differences in the maturity structure of long-term rates. For instance, the U.S. long-term rate is on ten-year federal government bonds, while the German rate is the average on government bonds with maturities over three years.

The long-term interest rates are averages of daily or weekly observations of yields on government bonds specified as follows: France—long-term (7-10 years) government bond yield; Federal Republic of Germany—yield on government bonds with maturities of 9-10 years; Japan-over-the-counter sales yield of 10-year government bonds, with longest residual maturity; United Kingdom—yield on medium-dated (10 year) government stock; United States—yield on 10-year treasury bonds.

The short-term interest rates are as follows: France—three-month interbank deposit rate; Federal Republic of Germany—three-month interbank deposit rate; Japan—three-month certificate of deposit rate; United Kingdom—three-month interbank deposit rate; United States-federal funds rate and three-month certificate of deposit rate.

Table A2.

Volatility of Major Stock Prices, First Quarter 1987-Fourth Quarter 19901

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Source: Data Resources, Inc.

For the United States, the stock market index used is Standard & Poor’s 500; for Japan, Nikkei 225; for the United Kingdom, the Financial Times Ordinary; for France, CAC General; for Germany, Frankfurt Commerzbank; for Italy, Banca Commerciale; for Canada, Toronto Stock Exchange Composite. Volatility is defined as the standard deviation of the daily proportionate changes in stock market indices over the period indicated.

Table A3.

Stock Market Indices and Interest Rates, August 1–20, 1990

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United States, Standard & Poor’s 500; Japan, Nikkei Average; Germany, Commerzbank Index; France, CAC General; United Kingdom, Financial Times Actuaries All Share Price Index.

United States, Federal Funds rate; Japan, three-month certificate of deposit rate; Germany, France, and United Kingdom, three-month interbank rates.

Ten-year maturity or nearest available.

Table A4.

United States: Balance of Payments, 1987-Third Quarter 1990

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics.

Excluding liabilities held by foreign monetary authorities.

Table A5.

Japan: Balance of Payments, 1987-Third Quarter 1990

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics; and Bank of Japan, Balance of Payments Monthly.

Excluding liabilities held by foreign monetary authorities.

Table A6.

Germany: Balance of Payments, 1987-Third Quarter 1990

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics; Bundesbank, Monthly Report.

Excluding liabilities held by foreign monetary authorities.

Table A7.

United Kingdom: Balance of Payments, 1987-Third Quarter 1990

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics.

Excluding liabilities held by foreign monetary authorities.

Table A8.

Change in Interbank Claims and Liabilities, 1984-Third Quarter 19901

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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

Consisting of 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 centrally planned economies (excluding Fund members).

Consisting of 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.

Consisting of 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.

Calculated as the difference between global measures of cross-border changes in interbank claims and liabilities.

Table A9.

Change in Claims on Nonbanks and Liabilities to Nonbanks, 1984-Third Quarter 19901

(In billions of U.S. dollars)

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

Consisting of 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 centrally planned economies (excluding Fund members).

Calculated as 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.

Consisting of 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.

Consisting of all developing countries except the Middle Eastern oil exporters (see 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.