The International Financial Statistics (IFS) has introduced changes in the presentation of the monetary statistics for the Euro Area and its member countries. The new presentation alignes  the accounts of depository corporations in the Euro Area with the methodology of the IMF's Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual, 2000 and Monetary and Financial Statistics Compilation Guide.

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