Measuring International Economics : 100 Years Balance of Payments in Germany

Foreword (Sabine Mauderer, Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank) -- Introduction (Ursula Schipper, Jens Walter, Robert Kirchner) -- Part I: 100 Years Balance of Payments in Germany: The German Balance of Payments from an Analytical Perspective – Milestones Through History (Axel Jochem, Iris Nelißen) -- The Methodological Development of the German Balance of Payments since 1924 (Jens Walter) -- Part II: Balance of Payments - an Indispensable Source of Information for an Open Economy: The Role of the Balance of Payments for Central Bank Policy - A Major and Reliable Ally for a Special Client (Gerhard Ziebarth) -- The Balance of Payments and Research in International Macroeconomics (Philipp Harms) -- Balance of Payments - Part of the System of Official Statistics (Walter Radermacher) -- Balance of Payments Statistics – a Building Block for National Accounts (Sascha Ammermann, Luise Bauer, Rita Bolleyer, Stefan Hauf) -- Part III: Balance of Payments: Necessary Information for International Politics: The IMF as the Standard Setter of Balance of Payments Statistics; from BPM1 to BPM7 (Jim Tebrake, Carlos Munoz Sanchez) -- Evidence-Based Policymaking in the European Union Using Balance of Payments Statistics (Cristina Pereira de Sá, Cornelia van Wersch, Robert Leisch, Matthias Ludwig) -- The Euro Area Balance of Payments and International Investment Position and Their Role in ECB Policy Making (Jorge Diz Dias, Olga Monteiro, Martin Schmitz, Caroline Willeke) -- How Have Balance of Payments Statistics Been Used in OECD Statistical and Policy Analysis? (Annabelle Mourougane) -- Part IV: Selected Balance of Payments Related Aspects: The Eternal Quest for Quality in Official Statistics (Aurel Schubert) -- Evidence-Based Policies and Data Quality – What Is Missing? (Ralf Münnich) -- International Finance Through the Lens of BIS Statistics: Residence vs Nationality (Patrick McGuire, Goetz von Peter and Sonya Zhu) -- The Commandment of Consistency: the Role of the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics (CMFB) (Robert Kirchner).