The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Government Finance Statistics (GFS) database provides current and internationally comparable annual time series data on the finances and fiscal policies of IMF member governments from 1972 onwards. Topics covered include:deficit/surplus or total financingrevenues or grants, expenditureslending minus repaymentsdomestic financingforeign financingdomestic debt or total debt, and foreign debtThis database was first provided by the UK Data Service in November 2004. Topics covered include:financeeconomicsfinancingfundingrevenuepublic expenditurepaymentsgovernment spendingfinancial managementgrantsdebtspublic debtnational debtpublic financefiscal policyfinancial policytaxationbondseducational expendituredefence expendituresocial welfare expenditureeducational financehealth care costslocal financesocial welfare financenational economyagricultural economicsexchange ratesgross domestic productpopulation