Government Finance Statistics Annual CD ROM Subscription

The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) CD-ROM contains annual fiscal data for 153 IMF member countries complementing the quarterly and monthly series of the International Financial Statistics (IFS): The institutional structures of government sectors are documented for each country, and detailed data provided for the various levels of government. Breakdowns include the general government (typically used for macroeconomic analysis and the national accounts), central government, as well as state and local government. The GFS CD-ROM contains time series from 1990 onwards in standard international format. Data cover stocks (financial assets and liabilities) and flows (revenue and expenditure). The CD-ROM is issued quarterly, and updated as new data are received and time series become available. The CD-ROM incorporates a Windows-based browser facility for accessing the database, selecting specific data series, displaying the selected series in a spreadsheet format, and saving the selected series for transfer to other software systems, such as Microsoft Excel.