Other Investment, Credits

Other Investment, Credits captures the inflows of cross-border financial transactions that are not classified as direct investment, portfolio investment or reserve assets — such as loans, trade credits, deposits and other accounts receivable from nonresidents. As part of the Latin Macro Watch (LMW) database maintained by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), this balance-of-payments indicator gives researchers and analysts a consistent, comparable view of external financing flows across Latin America and the Caribbean. The series is presented as net incurrence of liabilities ('Pasivos') on a BPM6 basis.

Coverage

Data are available for 15 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1994–2026. Values are reported as a share of GDP (% of GDP), in millions of USD and year-to-date (YTD), with moving-average (MA3, MA6, MA12) and month-on-month (MoM %), quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations.

Sources

Series are compiled from central banks and statistical agencies across the region, including the Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de la República de Colombia, Banco Central del Ecuador, Bank of Jamaica, Central Bank of The Bahamas, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, INDEC - Argentina and INEC - Panamá, following the LMW methodology.

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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 Other Investment, Credits measure? It measures the inflows of cross-border financial transactions not classified as direct or portfolio investment or reserve assets — such as loans, trade credits, deposits and other accounts receivable from nonresidents — presented as net incurrence of liabilities on a BPM6 basis. How many countries and which frequencies and period are covered? The indicator covers 15 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 as a share of GDP (% of GDP), in millions of USD and year-to-date (YTD), with MA3, MA6 and MA12 moving averages and month-on-month (MoM %), quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations. Where does the data come from? Series are compiled from central banks and statistical agencies, including the Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de la República de Colombia, Bank of Jamaica, Central Bank of The Bahamas, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, INDEC - Argentina and INEC - Panamá. What are typical uses of this indicator? It is used to track external financing inflows, study cross-border lending and capital-flow dynamics, and support balance-of-payments and financial-account analysis across Latin America and the Caribbean. How do I cite this indicator? Cite as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Other Investment, Credits". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.