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Table 4A.1 Fiscal Indicators Available from the GFS Framework (concluded)

Fiscal Indicator Equivalent Term in Statistical Methodologies GFS Codes

Other Macroeconomic Fiscal Indicators (continued)

Capital spending Net investment in nonfi nancial assets equals acquisition of nonfi nancial

assets minus disposal of nonfi nancial assets minus consumption of fi xed

capital.

31.1–31.2–31.3

Gross investment

in nonfi nancial

assets

Net acquisition of nonfi nancial assets equals acquisition of nonfi nancial

assets minus disposal of nonfi nancial assets.

Net investment in nonfi nancial assets plus consumption of fi xed capital.

31.1–31.2, or

31+23

Gross capital

formation

Acquisition minus disposals of produced nonfi nancial assets, which comprise

fi xed assets, inventories, and valuables.

311.1–311.2+312+313

Gross fi xed

capital

formation

Acquisitions minus disposals of fi xed assets. 311.1–311.2

Net interest

expense

Interest expense minus interest revenue. 24–1411

Social spending Approximated by functional classifi cation of expenditure on housing,

health, education, and social protection.

706+707+709+710

Total

expenditure or

outlays

Expense plus net investment in nonfi nancial assets; or expenditure. 2+31, or 2M

Transfer

payments

excluding grants

Transfers to corporations, households, and nonprofi t institutions serving

households, which comprise subsidies, social benefi ts, transfers not

elsewhere classifi ed, and premiums, fees, and claims related to nonlife

insurance and standardized guarantee schemes.

25+27+282+283

Financing Indicators

Total fi nancing Transactions in fi nancial assets minus transactions in liabilities. 32–33, or 82–83

Domestic

fi nancing

Transactions in fi nancial assets minus transactions in liabilities, both with

resident institutional units (domestic debtors/creditors).

321–331, or 821–831

Foreign

fi nancing

Transactions in fi nancial assets minus transactions in liabilities, both with

nonresident institutional units (external debtors/creditors).

322–332, or 822–832

Domestic bank

fi nancing

Transactions in fi nancial assets and liabilities with the central bank and

resident deposit-taking corporations other than the central bank.

8212+8213–8312–8313

Domestic

nonbank

fi nancing

Transactions in fi nancial assets and liabilities with resident institutional

units other than the central bank and resident deposit-taking corporations

other than the central bank; or

Transactions in fi nancial assets and liabilities with general government

units, and resident other fi nancial corporations, nonfi nancial corporations,

and households and nonprofi t institutions serving households.

(821–8212–8213)–(831–

8312–8313), or

8211+8214+8215+8216–

8311–8314–8315–8316

Wealth and Debt Indicators

Accounts

payable

Stock position in other accounts payable, which comprise trade credit and

advances, and miscellaneous other items due to be paid.

6318

Arrears Stock position in amounts unpaid and past the due date for payment. 6M5

Contingent

liabilities

Obligations that do not arise unless a particular, discrete event(s) occurs in

the future.

6M6

Total pension

and insurance

liabilities

Stock position in insurance, pension, and standardized guarantee scheme

liabilities plus net obligations for social security benefi ts.

6306+6M7

Gross debt Stock position in fi nancial claims that require payment(s) of interest and/

or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date, or dates, in the future.

Includes all liabilities held in debt instruments (i.e., total liabilities excluding

equity and investment fund shares and fi nancial derivatives and employee

stock options).

63–6305–6307, or

6301+6302+6303+6304+

6306+6308

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