出版社：Statistics Canada, Balance of Payments Division
摘要：The balance of payments (BOP) measures Canada¡¯s transactions with non-residents.
Myriad transactions, requiring a wide variety of sources to track them, are conducted with non-residents.
Generally, the statistics are derived from a combination of surveys and other sources, chiefly administrative
records. Results of surveys conducted within the Balance of Payments Division are integrated with surveys and
administrative data1 from elsewhere within and outside Statistics Canada, and are supplemented by benchmark
and category-specific estimates. It is difficult to give a precise measure of quality for such a complex and
interrelated system as the BOP. Some judgmental view is needed in qualifying the data as good or weaker. As
a result of the checks and balances in the system, even weak data input assumes a different character when
analysed and made final.
