Official Statistics

Experimental analysis of classifying special purpose entities in UK foreign direct investment statistics

This paper summarises ONS’s attempts to use the IMF definition of a special purpose entity using UK FDI statistics, and outlines some of the compilation challenges faced when producing these estimates.

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Office for National Statistics
Published
3 June 2019

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Experimental analysis of classifying special purpose entities in UK foreign direct investment statistics

https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/experimentalanalysisofclassifyingspecialpurposeentitiesinukforeigndirectinvestmentstatistics

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Published 3 June 2019