## Australia: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes-Data Module

_IMF Staff Country Reports, November 30, 2010_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: November 30, 2010
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455212651.002

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### Summary findings
- Australia’s statistics are of a high quality.
- The review presents a set of recommendations designed to increase adherence to internationally accepted statistical practices.
- The aim of the review is to enhance the usefulness of Australia’s statistics through cross-cutting recommendations and improvements in core datasets.

### Recommended data enhancements
- Make national accounts series available.
- Produce a national consumer price index.
- Produce a producer price index.
- Expand government finance statistics to include a breakdown of stocks and flows of financial assets and liabilities.
- Improve monetary statistics.
- Improve balance of payments statistics.
- Improve international investment position statistics.

### Scope and subject coverage
- Subject: Consumer price indexes, Economic and financial statistics, Government finance statistics, Labor, Monetary statistics, National accounts, Price indexes, Prices
- Keywords: ABS, ABS website, Consumer price indexes, cost, CPI price collection, CPI recommendation, CPI weight, CR, Global, Government finance statistics, IMF manual, IMF mission, ISCR, Monetary statistics, use of flexibility option

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