IMFBoP International Monetary Fund Balance of Payments

General Pulling Instructions for IMFBoP

1. To pull from IMFBoP, first navigate to https://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52

2. Click <Data Tables>

3. Click <Balance of Payments Standard Presentation by Indicator>

4. The following page will formulate. If this page does not formulate, try using Google Chrome instead of the browser you are currently using.

5. Next, click the arrow next to Indicator: Current Account. You will have the option to click Current Account, Capital Account, and Financial Account. Which one you click will depend on the dataset you are pulling.

6. To adjust the years of the data you are pulling, click the arrow next to Date:

The years highlighted in gray will be included on the data sheet. You must manually click each year you want included. Once you are done selecting the years to include, click anywhere outside of the Date box, and the table will automatically update.

7. To download an excel spreadsheet of the IMFBoP data onto your computer, click <Export>

8. Next, click “Excel Workbook (*.xlsx)

9. The following box formulates. Make sure the boxes next to “Charts as Images” and “Entire Report” are selected. Then, click <OK>.

10. The excel sheet will now download to your computer, and you can proceed with your pulling task.