Quarterly External Debt Positions: Direct Intercompany Lending, All Maturities

Quarterly External Debt Statistics SDDS provides data on external debt liabilities between direct investors and deposit-taking corporations. The dataset likely contains transaction-level figures in USD, focusing on intercompany lending across all maturities. Its source is the World Bank's Quarterly External Debt Statistics SDDS initiative.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in cross-border intercompany debt financing (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Modeling the impact of external debt on corporate balance sheets (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Assessing financial stability risks from direct investment liabilities (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the World Bank platform.
• Associated with the authoritative Quarterly External Debt Statistics SDDS initiative.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

World Bank - Quarterly External Debt Statistics SDDS

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official reports and financial statements of deposit-taking corporations.

Time Range

Quarterly time series, specific range unknown.

Freshness

Quarterly

Geography

Coverage is not specified; likely multi-country.