IMF Staff Country Reports

Turkey: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes-Data Module; Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework

Publication Date:

March 14, 2002

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes provides a review of Turkey’s data dissemination practices against the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) complemented by an in-depth assessment of the quality of the national accounts, consumer and producer price indices, government finance, monetary, and balance-of-payments statistics. The findings reveal that Turkey subscribes to the SDDS. Turkish statistical agencies in the main have a legal and institutional framework that supports statistical quality. Agencies demonstrate an awareness of quality as the cornerstone of statistical work.

Series:

Country Report No. 2002/055

Subject:

Balance of payments statistics Consumer price indexes Economic and financial statistics Financial statistics Government finance statistics Monetary statistics National accounts Prices