The Special Data Dissemination Standard: Guide for Subscribers and Users
Manuals & Guides, July 25, 2007
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- Published: July 25, 2007
- Series: Manuals & Guides
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065550.069
Overview and Purpose
- The Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) was established by the IMF in 1996 to guide members that already had, or that might seek, access to international capital markets in providing key economic and financial data to the public.
- The General Data Dissemination Standard (GDDS) was established in 1997 to prepare countries for meeting the requirements of the SDDS.
- Data supplied by SDDS subscribers and information from GDDS participants are posted on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) on the IMF's public website (http://dsbb.imf.org).
- This Guide is intended to assist:
- subscribers of the SDDS,
- GDDS participants moving toward subscription to the SDDS,
- users of the DSBB.
- Intended contributions:
- further the IMF's initiatives in data transparency and standards,
- enhance the public availability of timely and comprehensive international statistics,
- contribute to countries' pursuit of sound macroeconomic policies and to the improved functioning of global financial markets.
Subjects and Keywords (as listed)
- Subjects:
- Central banks
- Currencies
- Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB)
- Economic and financial statistics
- International reserves
- Money
- National accounts
- Reserve assets
- Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
- Keywords:
- Currencies
- data category
- data revision
- debt liability
- Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB)
- flexibility option
- IMF's website
- information
- International reserves
- M&G
- Reserve assets
- SDDS
- SDDS metadata
- SDDS requirement
- Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
Intended Uses and Practical Implications
- For subscribers and prospective subscribers:
- Clarifies the features and scope of the SDDS and the DSBB.
- Helps countries prepare and present key economic and financial data to the public consistent with SDDS requirements.
- For users of DSBB:
- Explains how to become aware of the DSBB’s contents and structure.
- Broader policy implications:
- Strengthening data transparency and standards to support sound macroeconomic policy formulation.
- Improving the functioning of global financial markets through enhanced public availability of timely and comprehensive statistics.
Source: The Special Data Dissemination Standard: Guide for Subscribers and Users (International Monetary Fund), July 25, 2007.