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  "title": "Guatemala Implements the International Monetary Fund’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System",
  "publication": "IMF News, November 18, 2020",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 20/343",
  "publishDate": "2020-11-18",
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      "heading": "Implementation summary",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 20/343\n- Date: November 18, 2020\n- Guatemala has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing essential data through the National Summary Data Page (NSDP).\n- The implementation was completed while making remarkable efforts to cope with the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on data dissemination."
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      "heading": "Purpose and scope of the e-GDDS / NSDP",
      "content": "- The e-GDDS was established by the IMF in 2015 to support:\n  - improved data transparency,\n  - encouragement of statistical development,\n  - creation of synergies between data dissemination and surveillance.\n- The NSDP is described as a national “data portal” and a one-stop publication vehicle for essential macroeconomic data covering:\n  - national accounts,\n  - government operations and debt,\n  - monetary and financial sector,\n  - balance of payments."
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    {
      "heading": "Hosting, technical standard, and data sources",
      "content": "- The NSDP is hosted by the Central Bank of Guatemala.\n- The NSDP utilizes the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange.\n- The NSDP contains links to statistics published by:\n  - the Central Bank of Guatemala,\n  - the Ministry of Finance,\n  - the National Statistical Institute.\n- A link to Guatemala’s NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board."
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    {
      "heading": "Anticipated benefits and user access",
      "content": "- Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the NSDP will provide:\n  - national policy makers and domestic and international stakeholders, including investors and rating agencies, with easy access to information critical for monitoring economic conditions and policies.\n- Making information easily accessible in both human and machine-readable formats will:\n  - allow users to have simultaneous access to timely data,\n  - bring greater data transparency."
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      "heading": "Official remarks",
      "content": "- Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer, and Director of the IMF’s Statistics Department, stated: “I am confident that Guatemala will benefit from using the e-GDDS as a framework for further development of its statistical system.”"
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      "heading": "Contact / media",
      "content": "- IMF Communications Department\n- MEDIA RELATIONS\n- PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- @IMFSpokesperson\n\nPress Release No. 20/343, November 18, 2020.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Guatemala and the IMF\n- General Data Dissemination System\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- link\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2020/11/18/pr20343-guatemala-implements-the-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system"
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    "Date: November 18, 2020",
    "Guatemala has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing essential data through the National Summary Data Page (NSDP).",
    "The implementation was completed while making remarkable efforts to cope with the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on data dissemination.",
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