Suriname Implements the IMF's Enhanced General Data Dissemination System

IMF News, January 23, 2018

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Press Release No. 18/14, dated January 23, 2018.
The authorities of Suriname have begun publishing key macroeconomic data on a National Summary Data Page (NSDP) managed by the Ministry of Finance.
The IMF’s Statistics Department supported implementation efforts, including by visiting Paramaribo in February 2017.
The NSDP publishes data recommended under the IMF’s enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) using the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange for efficient data transmission.
A link to the country’s NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB): http://dsbb.imf.org.

Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the NSDP provides national policy makers and domestic and international stakeholders, including investors and rating agencies, with easy access to information identified by the IMF’s Executive Board as essential for monitoring economic conditions and policies.
Data are made accessible in both human and machine-readable formats.
The NSDP follows an Advance Release Calendar to allow simultaneous access by all users to timely data, bringing greater data transparency.
Implementation marks a major milestone in Suriname’s roadmap towards subscription to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard.

The enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) was established by the IMF’s Executive Board in May 2015 to support improved data transparency, encourage statistical development, and help create synergies between data dissemination and surveillance.
The e-GDDS supersedes the GDDS, which was established in 1997.

Source: Suriname Implements the IMF's Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (Press Release No. 18/14, January 23, 2018).