A New Database on General Government Debt

19 Pages Posted: 18 Sep 2015

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Christian Dembiermont

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Michela Scatigna

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Robert Szemere

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Bruno Tissot

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Date Written: September 13, 2015

Abstract

We present a new data set on credit to the general government sector for 26 advanced and 14 emerging market economies. The main benefit of these new BIS series for "public debt" is that they provide data with similar characteristics from across the globe, facilitating cross-country comparisons. Another distinctive feature is that the data set contains series expressed in both nominal and market value terms, allowing for a wide range of analyses. Lastly, the statistical concepts are identical to those underlying the BIS data set on credit to the private non-financial sector, published since 2013. Taken together, the data sets can thus provide a useful picture of the aggregated indebtedness of all non-financial sectors.

JEL Classification: C82, E51

Suggested Citation

Dembiermont, Christian and Scatigna, Michela and Szemere, Robert and Tissot, Bruno, A New Database on General Government Debt (September 13, 2015). BIS Quarterly Review September 2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2661592

Christian Dembiermont (Contact Author)

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

Centralbahnplatz 2
Basel, Basel-Stadt 4002
Switzerland

Michela Scatigna

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

Basel, 4002
Switzerland

Robert Szemere

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Centralbahnplatz 2
Basel, Basel-Stadt 4002
Switzerland

Bruno Tissot

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

CH-4002 Basel, Basel-Stadt
Switzerland

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