{ "title": "The United Arab Emirates Implements the International Monetary Fund’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System", "publication": "IMF News, June 29, 2018", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2018/06/29/pr18267-uae-implements-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2018/06/29/pr18267-uae-implements-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system", "overlayPath": "/en/news/articles/2018/06/29/pr18267-uae-implements-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system/index.md", "summary": "Press Release No. 18/267", "publishDate": "2018-06-29", "sections": [ { "heading": "Key announcement", "content": "- Press Release No. 18/267\n- Date: June 29, 2018\n- The United Arab Emirates has launched a National Summary Data Page (NSDP).\n- The UAE is the first Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country to implement the recommendations of the enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS).\n- The NSDP is hosted by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority on its website.\n- The NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) at https://dsbb.imf.org/e-gdds/country/ARE/category." }, { "heading": "Purpose and expected benefits", "content": "- The NSDP is a national data portal that serves as a one-stop vehicle for publishing essential macroeconomic data in both human and machine-readable formats.\n- Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the NSDP will provide:\n - domestic policy makers and a broad range of stakeholders, including international investors and rating agencies, with easy access to information identified by the IMF’s Executive Board as critical for monitoring economic conditions and policies;\n - simultaneous availability of information to all users, which will bring greater data transparency." }, { "heading": "Official remarks", "content": "- Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer of the IMF, stated: “I congratulate the authorities of the United Arab Emirates for the launch of the NSDP, an important step forward in data dissemination. I am confident that the United Arab Emirates will benefit from using the e-GDDS as a framework for further development of its statistical system.”" }, { "heading": "Background on the e-GDDS", "content": "- The e-GDDS was endorsed by the IMF’s Executive Board in May 2015 to:\n - support improved data transparency;\n - encourage statistical development;\n - help create synergies between data dissemination and surveillance.\n- The e-GDDS supersedes the GDDS, which was established in 1997.\n- A link to the country’s NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) at https://dsbb.imf.org." }, { "heading": "Press contact", "content": "- MEDIA RELATIONS\n- PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n\nSource: IMF press release dated June 29, 2018.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Kingdom of Bahrain and the IMF\n- Kuwait and the IMF\n- Oman and the IMF\n- Qatar and the IMF\n- Saudi Arabia and the IMF\n- United Arab Emirates and the IMF\n- Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board\n- General Data Dissemination System\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://dsbb.imf.org/e-gdds/country/ARE/category\n- https://dsbb.imf.org\n- video\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2018/06/29/pr18267-uae-implements-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system" } ], "bullets": [ "[Markdown version](/en/news/articles/2018/06/29/pr18267-uae-implements-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system/index.md)", "[Structured JSON version](/en/news/articles/2018/06/29/pr18267-uae-implements-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system/index.json)", "[Bundle manifest](/en/news/articles/2018/06/29/pr18267-uae-implements-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system/bundle-manifest.json)", "Published: June 29, 2018", "Press Release No. 18/267", "Date: June 29, 2018", "The United Arab Emirates has launched a National Summary Data Page (NSDP).", "The UAE is the first Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country to implement the recommendations of the enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS).", "The NSDP is hosted by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority on its website.", "The NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) at https://dsbb.imf.org/e-gdds/country/ARE/category.", "The NSDP is a national data portal that 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:", "Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer of the IMF, stated: “I congratulate the authorities of the United Arab Emirates for the launch of the NSDP, an important step forward in data dissemination. 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