Uruguay: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-Data Module and the Response by the Authorities
IMF Staff Country Reports, October 18, 2001
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- Published: October 18, 2001
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451839272.002
Overview and Purpose
- Provides a summary of Uruguay's practices with respect to the coverage, periodicity, and timeliness of the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) data categories.
- Presents an assessment of the quality of national accounts, prices, fiscal, monetary and financial, and external sector statistics.
- Notes that Uruguay has made good progress recently in improving the dissemination of statistical information.
- Highlights that the Internet pages of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) and the National Institute of Statistics (INE) allow increasingly detailed monitoring of developments in the Uruguayan economy.
Key Findings
- Progress:
- Uruguay has made good progress recently in improving the dissemination of statistical information.
- The BCU and INE web pages provide increasingly detailed monitoring of economic developments.
- Coverage and standards:
- The report assesses coverage, periodicity, and timeliness against the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).
- Quality assessments:
- Quality evaluations are provided for national accounts, prices, fiscal statistics, monetary and financial statistics, and external sector statistics.
- Subject areas covered:
- Balance of payments
- Data dissemination
- Economic and financial statistics
- Fiscal accounting and reporting
- Foreign direct investment
- Government finance statistics
- National accounts
- Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
Keywords and Terms Emphasized
- BCU, BCU charter, BCU web page, BCU website
- CR, current price
- Data dissemination, SDDS data category, Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
- ISCR
- timeliness problem
- wholesale price index
- Foreign direct investment
- Government finance statistics
- National accounts
International Monetary Fund. "Uruguay: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-Data Module and the Response by the Authorities", IMF Staff Country Reports 2001, 183 (2001).