Compiling National Accounts, Balance-of-payments and Foreign Trade Statistics in the Framework of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Health Emergency

Abstract

In the context of the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is preparing a series of short publications with relevant policy recommendations for this period. This note includes several recommendations for the continued collection of information linked to national accounts, balance-of-payments and foreign trade statistics.