Oman Implements International Monetary Fund's Enhanced General Data Dissemination System

IMF News, August 10, 2018

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Press Release No. 18/332
Date: August 10, 2018
Issued by: IMF Communications Department
Media Relations: PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100
- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org

Oman has launched a National Summary Data Page (NSDP).
The NSDP is hosted by the Oman National Centre for Statistics and Information on its website.
The NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board at: https://dsbb.imf.org/egdds/country/OMN/category
A link to the country’s NSDP is also available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) at https://dsbb.imf.org.

The NSDP serves as a one-stop vehicle for publishing essential macroeconomic data in both human and machine-readable formats.
Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the NSDP will provide:
- national policy makers and a broad range of domestic and international stakeholders, including investors and rating agencies, with easy access to information identified by the IMF’s Executive Board as critical for monitoring economic conditions and policies.
- simultaneous availability of information to all users to bring greater data transparency.

Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer of the IMF, welcomed the milestone and stated:
- “I congratulate the authorities of Oman for the launch of the NSDP, an important step forward in data dissemination. I am confident that Oman will benefit from using the e-GDDS as a framework for further developing its statistical system.”

The enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) was endorsed by the IMF’s Executive Board in May 2015.
Objectives of the e-GDDS:
- support improved data transparency,
- encourage statistical development,
- help create synergies between data dissemination and surveillance.
The e-GDDS supersedes the GDDS, which was established in 1997.
The source includes a short video that gives a broad overview of the benefits of the e-GDDS.

Source: IMF press release, August 10, 2018