Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Reviews Data Provision for Surveillance
November 18, 2002

IMF Executive Board Reviews Data Provision for Surveillance
August 11, 2000

The Balance Sheet Approach and its Applications at the Fund
June 30, 2003

Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)

General Data Dissemination System (GDDS)

IMF Surveillance

Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund

Data Provision to the Fund for Surveillance Purposes

Prepared by Statistics and Policy Development and Review Departments

April 26, 2002

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Contents
Executive Summary
I. Introduction
II. Strengthening Data Provision to the Fund
  A. Data Provision and Treatment of Data Issues in Surveillance
  B. International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
      Provision of Data on International
   Reserves and Foreign Currency
   Liquidity for Surveillance: Use of the
   Reserves Benchmark
      Dissemination of Reserves Template
   Data to the Public Under the SDDS
  C. External Debt
III. Other Issues Related to Data Provision to the Fund
  A. Improving Data for Vulnerability Assessment
  B. Fiscal Data: Methodological Enhancements
  C. Data Quality and Revision Policies
IV. Issues for Discussion
  Provision of Data on International Reserves and
   Foreign Currency Liquidity and on External
   Debt for Surveillance
  Dissemination of Reserves Template Data under
   the SDDS
  Data Requirements for Vulnerability
   Assessments
  Efforts to Improve Fiscal Data
  Data Quality and Revision Policies
  A. Review of Data Provided for Article IV Consultation Reports
  B. Treatment of Data Issues in Article IV Consultation Reports
Text Tables
1. Assessment of Article IV Consultation Reports and Summings Up
2. Use in Surveillance of the Benchmark on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
3. External Vulnerability Assessments in Article IV Consultation Reports
Boxes
1. SDDS Specifications for International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity and for External Debt
2. How Important Are Frequent and Comprehensive Data on International Reserves for Surveillance? Evidence from Selected Countries
3. SDDS Subscribers' Views on the Feasibility of Disseminating Template Data with Weekly Periodicity and Timeliness
4. International Investment Position Data
Appendices
I. General Principles of Data Provision to the Fund
II. Summary of Executive Board Discussions
III. Country Classifications
IV. Data Provision and Treatment of Data Issues in
   Surveillance
  Figure 1. Frequency Distribution of Data Lags:
   High Frequency Indicators
 

Figure 2. Frequency Distribution of Data Lags:
   Low Frequency Indicators
  Table 1. Survey of Core Indicators: Statistical
   Summary of Periodicity of Indicators
V. Statistical Appendix: Statistical Issues
    Statistical Appendix: Core Statistical Indicators
VI. Indicators of External Vulnerability
VII. Statistical Guidance and Frameworks for Data Relevant for Vulnerability Assessment