巴哈马：对外部门统计虚拟任务技术援助报告（2025年3月10日至14日）

THE BAHAMAS Report on External Sector StatisticsVirtualMission (March 10–14, 2025) MAY2025 Prepared ByConsuelo Soto-Crovetto MEMBERS Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands,Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia,Sint Maarten, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands PARTNERS Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, Netherlands, Caribbean Development Bank, Eastern Caribbean CentralBank DISCLAIMER “The contents of this report constitute technical advice provided by the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)to the authorities ofThe Bahamas (the “TA recipient”) in response to their request for technical assistance. Thisreport (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof may be disclosed by the IMF to IMF Executive Directors andmembers of their staff, as well as to other agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, and upon their request, toWorld Bank staff, and other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest, including members ofthe Steering Committee of CARTAC, unless the TA recipient specifically objects to such disclosure (seeOperationalGuidelines for the Dissemination of Technical Assistance Information). Publication or Disclosure of this report (inwhole or in part) or summaries thereof to parties outside the IMF other than agencies or instrumentalities of the TArecipient, World Bank staff, other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest, includingmembers of the Steering Committee of CARTAC, shall require the explicit consent of the TA recipient and the IMF’sStatistics Department.” PARTNERS EasternCaribbean CentralBank Summary of Mission Outcomes and PriorityRecommendations A virtual technical assistance (TA) mission to The Bahamaswas undertaken during 1.March 10–14, 2025.The mission was focused on improving source data and compilation techniques forproducing balance of payments (BOP) and assisting the compilers of the Central Bank of The Bahamas(CBB) in finalizing the compilation of the international investment position (IIP) statistics in line with theBalance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6). 2.The BOP of the Bahamas includes cross-border transactions of the domestic banks and ofthe domestic insurance companies.The cross-border transactions of pension funds are not currentlyincluded. The cross-border transactions of offshore banks, external insurance companies, and investmentfunds are not included in the BOP because they are considered nonresidents according to the exchangecontrol regulations. This offshore sector, by definition, engages almost exclusively with nonresidents, andthey are not allowed to offer services to residents without the approval of the CBB. According toBPM6,the offshore institutions or businesses are residents of the economy in which they are incorporated, andtherefore their transactions with residents are resident-to-resident transactions. These transactions arecurrently included—incorrectly—in the BOP of The Bahamas. 3.The CBB has made significant efforts to accomplish enhancements to the BOP, however,most of the improvements are still in progress.The new quarterly external sector statistics report forbanks that will include data on stocks, transactions, and valuation changes of financial claims on andliabilities to nonresidents was implemented but the processing of results is pending. Progress on a similarpension funds survey is pending. Surveys to collect data on transactions, other changes, and positions ofdomestic and external insurance companies’ external assets and liabilities were also implemented but theresponse rate is very low. Similar results were obtained for the surveys implemented for the investmentfunds’ administrators and firms under the Securities Industry Act (SIA). Both the Insurance Commission ofThe Bahamas (ICB) and the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) will collaborate as possiblewith the CBB on pending tasks and to identify the most relevant companies to prioritize efforts. 4.Travel exports are the main item of services and accounted for 80 percent of currentaccount credits in the BOP in 2023.The Ministry of Tourism is the official data source for travel exports.The methodology for the calculation of the average daily expenditure of visitors (stayover, cruise andyacht) was briefly explained during the mission and the documentation regarding the samplingmethodology, survey procedures, and activities for the surveys needs significant improvement. Data for2023 is still preliminary. The mission recommends that the BOP compilers play an active role in thedevelopment and monitoring of the survey to visitors following international guidelines. 5.Current preliminary IIP is consistent with the financial account of the BOP.However, it doesnot include the offshor