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Data Revisions to the Flow of Funds Accounts

June 27, 2019
Bank of Japan
Research and Statistics Department

The Bank of Japan has retroactively revised data for the Flow of Funds Accounts due to the release of retroactively revised data for the Balance of Payments related statistics. As a result, figures (amounts outstanding, transaction flow, and reconciliation amount) have been revised for data from the first quarter of 2014 onward. The revised figures are available in the "BOJ Time-Series Data Search."

Highlights of changes in amounts outstanding due to the revision (data for end-March 2018)(trillion yen)
Sector Transaction item Change in amounts
outstanding
Private nonfinancial corporations Assets Unlisted shares -4.9
Outward investment in securities -1.9
Households Assets Unlisted shares -1.5
Overseas Assets Unlisted shares +6.4
Liabilities Other external claims and debts +7.5
Domestically licensed banks Assets Other external claims and debts +3.5
Life insurance Assets Outward direct investment +1.2
Other external claims and debts +2.7
Financial holding companies Assets Outward direct investment -1.3

Inquiries

Financial Statistics Group, Economic Statistics Division, Research and Statistics Department

E-mail : post.rsd5@boj.or.jp