THE ECB STATISTICS PUBLISHED – GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS

To carry out the analysis required for monetary policy, the ECB and the ESCB need comprehensive and reliable government finance statistics based on the ESA 95. Government finance statistics form an important part of the integrated system of sectoral non-financial and financial accounts for the euro area. The annual government finance data are given in three major tables showing time series on i) revenue and expenditure, ii) government debt and iii) the relationship between the government deficit and the change in government debt for each EU country as well as euro area and EU totals. To compile such totals, additional information is needed on transactions between the Member States and the European Community institutions.