A9C_Selected_External_Debt_Ratios

Footnotes

1/ Debt service burden represents principal and interest payments after rescheduling. In accordance with internationally-
accepted concept, the DSB data consists of:
- Principal and interest payments on fixed MLT credits including IMF credits, loans covered by the Paris Club and
commercial banks rescheduling, and New Money Facilities.
- Interest payments on fixed and revolving short-term liabilities of banks and non-banks
but excludes the following:
- Prepayments on future years' maturities of foreign loans
- Principal payments on fixed and revolving ST liabilities of banks and non-banks.
2/ In 2000, the BSP adopted the Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth Edition (BPM5) for the compilation of its Balance of
Payments (BOP) statistics starting with the 1999 series. In March 2014, the BSP completed its shift to the Balance of
Payments and International Investment
Position Manual, Sixth Edition (BPM6), covering BOP data from 2005.
3/ Primary income receipts include investment income and OF cash remittances that were coursed through and reported by
banks.
4/ In March 2015, external debt data was revised to reflect the new reporting framework in line with international
standards under the latest External Debt Statistics Guide and the BPM6. '
a/ Data and ratios for the comparable years 2018 and 2019 refer to January - September
b/ Data and ratios for the comparable years 2018 and 2019 are as of end-September
c/ For comparability with annual figures, GNI and GDP were annualized by taking the sum over the past 4 quarters of the GNI and GDP, respectively.
d/ For comparability with annual figures, DSB was annualized by taking the total DSB over the past 12 months.
p/ 2018 and 2019 figures are preliminary
n.a./ not available
Note: Details may not add up to total due to rounding