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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   Chile External debt (Deuda Externa ) Last Posted: Jul-29-2008 Last Certified: Jul-10-2008 Last Updated: Jan-10-2007 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Ms. Teresa Cornejo, Head, Balance of Payments and External Debt, Central Bank of Chile, Agustinas 1180, Santiago, Chile   Phone : 56 2 6702277   Fax : 56 2 6702107   Email : tcornejo@bcentral.cl  Dissemination Formats Summary Methodology Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics	5.1.1 Statistical presentation Data are disseminated in millions of U.S. dollars and cover the entire economy. Data are disseminated by maturity, on an original maturity basis, and by instrument for the following prescribed components: 1. General Government: a. short term (money market instruments, loans, trade credits, and other debt liabilities) b. Long term (bonds and notes, loans, trade credits, and other debt liabilities) 2. Monetary Authorities: a. Short term (money market instruments, loans, currency and deposits, and other debt liabilities) b. Long term (bonds and notes, loans, currency and deposits and other debt liabilities) 3. Banks: a. Short term (money market instruments, loans, currency and deposits and other debt liabilities) b. Long term (bonds and notes, loans, currency and deposits and other debt liabilities) 4. Other sectors: a. Short term (money market instruments, loans, currency and deposits, trade credits and other debt liabilities) b. Long term (bonds and notes, loans, currency and deposits, trade credits, and other debt liabilities) 5. Direct investment: Intercompany lending: a. Short term b. Long term The data are compiled in accordance with the methodology set out in the External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (2002), as far as the availability and characteristics of our information allowed.
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness Within five weeks after the end of the reference period
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar An advance release calendar that gives 12-month-ahead notice of the precise release dates is published on the Central Bank of Chile's Internet website (http://www.bcentral.cl/eng/ under 'Economic Statistics'/'SDDS'/'Advance Release Calendar'). Besides, the website also includes a 3-month-ahead calendar on publications of economic statistics and reports, in Spanish, that gives the precise dates of publication of the "Short Run Economic Indicators" during the corresponding 3-month period (http://www.bcentral.cl/esp/ under  'Sala de Prensa'/'Calendario de Eventos Económicos').
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release The data are released simultaneously to all interested parties, on the 7th of each month or the following working days if they are holidays, by posting the data on the Central Bank's internet website, in the Avance Boletín Mensual (http://www.bcentral.cl/) under Publicaciones. Avance Boletín Mensual is a selected monthly set of data which anticipates certain tables of the publication Boletín Mensual, which is released on the 23rd of each month, or the following working day if it is a holiday. Simultaneously the data is also included in the series published in the web site of the Central Bank (under 'Economic Statistics/Series of Indicators/Foreign Sector: Foreign Debt of Chile').
Integrity
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information	0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics Banco Central de Chile The Central Bank's Constitutional Organic Act states that 'the Bank shall compile and publish [in a timely fashion] the main macroeconomic statistics, including those of a monetary and foreign exchange character, balance of payments and national accounts, and other overall economic and social accounting systems' (Law 18840, Article 53). The coverage, periodicity and timeliness of these statistics were established by resolutions 1110-02-040122 and 1267-03-060518. 0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Banco Central de Chile Information on individual economic agents is considered confidential. 0.1.4 Ensuring statistical reporting Legal mandates and encouragement for statistical reporting are stated on the Central Bank's Basic Constitutional Act (Law 18840). 1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination Banco Central de Chile An updated version of the Constitutional Organic Act of the Central Bank is available on the Central Bank of Chile's website (http://www.bcentral.cl/eng/) under 'Functions and Organization/Constitutional Act'. A Spanish-language PDF format version of the Central Bank's resolutions Nos. 1110-02-040122 and 1267-03-060518 can be obtained at the Central Bank's website (http://www.bcentral.cl) in sections Normativa y Reglamentación and Acuerdos. Hardcopies of the Spanish version of the Central Bank's agreements can be obtained under request from the Departamento de Publicaciones of the Central Bank. (Fax: 56-2-6702475; E-mail mailto:bcch@bcentral.cl. Please include your fax number with the request.) External debt
Identification of internal government access to data before release	1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release Banco Central de Chile No government officials outside the Central Bank have access to the data before their release to the public. External debt
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases	1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products Banco Central de Chile No ministerial commentary is attached to the release of the data. External debt A brief note prepared by the Central Bank´s staff, on the evolution of the data, is normally included in the Central Bank's monthly 'Boletín Mensual' or alternatively, on the Central Bank´s web page.
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule The data are provisional when first released.   Revisions follow the calendar announced for Balance of Payments and National Accounts (see May 2006 “Boletín Mensual”).The quarterly data of a calendar year are revised each time a new quarter of that year is first released , when more accurate basic information is available. Annual revisions are carried out on March of the following two years. 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Important changes in methodology are announced and explained, at the time the data are released, through footnotes or special articles which accompany the data.
Quality
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics	5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques The 'Chilean External Debt' prepared by the Central Bank publishes a brief description of the methodology and sources used in preparing the annual statistics.   (See also summary methodology) (See also summary methodology)
Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness	4.2.2 Temporal consistency In September 2003 a new series of external debt figures, covering the period from 1996 onward, was released. The figures are based on the External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (2002), published by BIS, The Commonwealth Secretariat, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, The Paris Club Secretariat, UNCTAD and World Bank. 4.2.3 Intersectoral and cross-domain consistency The external debt data is a source used in the Balance of Payments Financial Account and in the International Investment Position, providing a good level of consistency with other macroeconomic statistics.
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