The National Statistics Pink Book is one of the UK's key economic statistical publications and provides detailed estimates of the United Kingdom balance of payments for the last 11 years. It measures the economic transactions between United Kingdom residents and the rest of the world. It also draws a series of balances between inward and outward transactions, provides a net flow of transactions between UK residents and the rest of the world and reports how this is funded. The Pink Book includes estimates for the current account (trade in goods and services, income and current transfers), the capital account, the financial account and the international investment position. Explanatory text and definitions are included. The estimates are consistent with the IMF Balance of Payments Manual (5th edition).
