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  "title": "Morocco: Technical Assistance Report-Monetary and Financial Statistics Mission (July 17 - 28, 2017)",
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  "summary": "This Technical Assistance Report discusses the finalization of the development of standardized report forms (SRF) for other financial corporations (OFC).",
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      "content": "- Finalization of the development of standardized report forms (SRF) for other financial corporations (OFC) was discussed.\n- The mission held constructive discussions with Bank Al-Maghrib’s (BAM) staff on various aspects of the compilation of monetary and financial statistics (MFS) aimed at improving the quality of the data.\n- These discussions led to the preparation of a detailed action plan with priority recommendations intended to make headway in improving MFS.\n- The mission held constructive discussions with the staff of the Banking Supervision Department on the classification in the monetary statistics of the financial products offered by Islamic banks.\n- The mission supported BAM proposal to develop a reporting form for the collection of bank source data on securities valuation.\n- The mission made recommendations to improve the sectoring of the financial statements of finance companies and offshore banks."
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      "content": "- Prepare and implement the detailed action plan arising from mission discussions to improve MFS compilation and data quality.\n- Finalize and roll out standardized report forms (SRF) for OFC to strengthen coverage and reporting consistency.\n- Develop a reporting form for collection of bank source data on securities valuation to improve valuation practices in monetary statistics.\n- Clarify and apply classification guidance for financial products offered by Islamic banks within monetary statistics.\n- Improve sectoring practices for finance companies and offshore banks to ensure accurate institutional classification in financial statistics."
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    "Published: March 25, 2019",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498303064.002",
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    "The mission held constructive discussions with Bank Al-Maghrib’s (BAM) staff on various aspects of the compilation of monetary and financial statistics (MFS) aimed at improving the quality of the data.",
    "These discussions led to the preparation of a detailed action plan with priority recommendations intended to make headway in improving MFS.",
    "The mission held constructive discussions with the staff of the Banking Supervision Department on the classification in the monetary statistics of the financial products offered by Islamic banks.",
    "The mission supported BAM proposal to develop a reporting form for the collection of bank source data on securities valuation.",
    "The mission made recommendations to improve the sectoring of the financial statements of finance companies and offshore banks.",
    "Prepare and implement the detailed action plan arising from mission discussions to improve MFS compilation and data quality.",
    "Finalize and roll out standardized report forms (SRF) for OFC to strengthen coverage and reporting consistency.",
    "Develop a reporting form for collection of bank source data on securities valuation to improve valuation practices in monetary statistics.",
    "Clarify and apply classification guidance for financial products offered by Islamic banks within monetary statistics.",
    "Improve sectoring practices for finance companies and offshore banks to ensure accurate institutional classification in financial statistics.",
    "Subject areas: Business enterprises, Economic and financial statistics, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial services, Financial statistics, Monetary statistics, Nonbank financial institutions, Offshore financial centers",
    "Keywords: BAM staff, BAM's proposal, bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, bank source data, Business enterprises, CR, financial product, Financial statistics, ISCR, Maghreb, Monetary statistics, Nonbank financial institutions, OFC sector, Offshore financial centers, report form, Sub-Saharan Africa",
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