Financial Derivatives, Debits

Financial Derivatives, Debits is a Latin Macro Watch indicator from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that tracks the outflows (debits) recorded for transactions in derivative financial instruments within the financial account of the balance of payments. It captures derivative contracts between residents and nonresidents that carry a negative market value for residents (liability positions), and is presented as net acquisition of assets ('Activos') on a BPM6 basis. The series helps analysts, policymakers and researchers monitor external financial flows and derivative exposure across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Coverage

The indicator covers 7 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1994–2026. Values are available in millions of USD, as a share of GDP (% of GDP) and year-to-date (YTD), with derived transformations including 3-, 6- and 12-month moving averages (MA3, MA6, MA12) and month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year percentage changes (MoM %, QoQ %, YoY %).

Sources

Data are compiled from national central banks and statistics agencies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de la República de Colombia and INDEC - Argentina. The series is curated and standardized by the Latin Macro Watch dataset on the IDB Open Data portal.

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Format	CSV
Language	en
Country	Argentina Bahamas Trinidad & Tobago Belize Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia El Salvador Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Panama Uruguay Venezuela Barbados Paraguay Peru Suriname
Data notes	What does Financial Derivatives, Debits measure? It measures the outflows (debits) from transactions in derivative financial instruments in the financial account of the balance of payments, capturing contracts between residents and nonresidents with a negative market value for residents. How many countries and which frequencies and period are covered? The indicator covers 7 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1994 to 2026. What units and transformations are available? Values are available in millions of USD, as a share of GDP (% of GDP) and year-to-date (YTD), with transformations including MA3, MA6, MA12 moving averages and MoM %, QoQ % and YoY % changes. Where does the data come from? Data are compiled from national central banks and statistics agencies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de la República de Colombia and INDEC - Argentina. What are typical uses of this indicator? It is used to analyze external financial flows, derivative exposure and balance-of-payments dynamics across the region for macroeconomic monitoring, policy analysis and academic research. How do I cite this indicator? Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Financial Derivatives, Debits". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.