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  "title": "Trinidad and Tobago Implements the International Monetary Fund’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System",
  "publication": "IMF News, October 1, 2021",
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  "summary": "Press Release No.: 21/281",
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      "content": "- Press Release No.: 21/281\n- Date: October 1, 2021\n- Issuer: IMF Communications Department\n- Media relations: PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- Social: @IMFSpokesperson\n- Location: Washington, DC"
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      "heading": "Main announcement",
      "content": "- Trinidad and Tobago 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 NSDP is hosted by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, utilizing the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange.\n- A link to Trinidad and Tobago’s NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board.\n- The NSDP contains links to statistics published by:\n  - the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago,\n  - the Ministry of Finance,\n  - the Central Statistical Office."
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      "heading": "Purpose and expected benefits",
      "content": "- The e-GDDS was established by the IMF in 2015 to:\n  - support improved data transparency,\n  - encourage statistical development,\n  - help create synergies between data dissemination and policymaking.\n- The NSDP functions 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.\n- Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the NSDP will:\n  - provide 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  - make information accessible in both human- and machine-readable formats,\n  - allow users to have access to timely data and bring greater data transparency."
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      "content": "- Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer of the IMF, and Director of the Statistics Department, stated: “I am confident that Trinidad and Tobago will benefit from using the e-GDDS as a framework for further development of its statistical system.”\n\nSource: IMF press release, October 1, 2021 (Press Release No. 21/281).\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Trinidad and Tobago 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/2021/10/01/pr21281-trinidad-and-tobago-implements-imf-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system"
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