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Special Data Dissemination Standard
(AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)

Flag of ArgentinaArgentina
Summary of Observance
        
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Contact Person(s)
 
Mr. Alberto Sigliocoli,
Director a cargo,
INDEC,
Julio A Roca 609,
Buenos Aires, Argentina C1067ABB
 Phone :5411 4349 9642
 Fax :5411 4349 9621
 Email :asigl@indec.mecon.gov.ar 

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Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility


Argentina ( ARG )                                                     
SDDS Data Category Coverage(meets SDDS)PeriodicityTimelinessComments
(Flexibility Options, etc)
SDDSARGSDDSARG
Real Sector (specifications)
National accountsYes 

Q

 
1Q NLT 1Q   
Production index
(Estimador Mensual Industrial )
Yes 

M

 
6W (1M encour-
aged) 

NLT 1M

 
 
Labor market: Employment
(Employment )
Yes 

Q

 
1Q 

NLT 2M

 
 
Labor market: Unemployment
(Unemployment )
Yes 

Q

 
1Q NLT 2M   
Labor market: Wages/Earnings
(Per Worker Wage Index )
Yes 

Q

 
1Q 

NLT 1Q

 
 
Price index: Consumer prices
(Indice de Precios al Consumidor )
Yes 

M

 
1M 

NLT 2W

 
 
Price index: Producer prices
(Producer prices )
Yes 

M

 
1M 

NLT 1W

 
 
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations
(Non-financial national public sector Investment-saving account. )
Yes 

A

 
2Q 

8M

 
Timeliness flexibility
 
Central government operations
(Non-financial national public sector Investment-saving account. )
Yes 

M

 
1M 

1M

 
 
Central government debtYes 

Q

 
1Q 

NLT 1Q

 
 
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector
(Daily figures on loans in domestic and foreign currency. Daily figures on deposits, in domestic and foreign currency· Monthly figures on financial sector )
Yes 1M 

6W

 
Timeliness flexibility
 
Analytical accounts of the central bank
(BCRA's Summary Balance of Assets and Liabilities )
Yes M (W recom-
mended ) 

W

 
2W (1W encour-
aged) 

1W

 
 
Interest rates
(Daily figures on deposits interest rates· Daily figures on lending prime interest rates· Daily figures on Interbank loan interest rates )
Yes 

D

 
1 

1D

 
 
Stock market: Share price indexYes 

D

 
1 

1D

 
 
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments
(Estimaciones Trimestrales del Balance de Pagos )
Yes 

Q

 
1Q NLT 1Q   
Official reserve assetsYes M(W recom-
mended) 
1W 1W   
Reserves templateYes 1M (1W encour-
aged) 
1M   
Merchandise trade
(Foreign trade )
Yes 

M

 
8W (4-6W encour-
aged) 

3W

 
 
International investment position
(International Investment Position )
NA A(Q recom-
mended) 

A

 
3Q (1Q encour-
aged) 
NLT 2Q   
External debt
(External debt )
Yes 

Q

 
1Q 

NLT 1Q

 
 
Exchange rates
(Exchange parity between Argentine pesos and U.S. dollars )
Yes 

D

 
1 

1D

 
As relevant coverage
 
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population
(Population )
Yes 

A

 
... 2Q   
Periodicity and timeliness: (D) daily; (W) weekly or with a lag of ## week(s) from the reference date; (WD) working days, or business days; (M) monthly or with a lag of ## month(s); (NLT) not later than; (Q) quarterly or with a lag of ## quarter(s); (A) annually; (SA) semiannual; and (...) not applicable.

1Given that the data are broadly disseminated by private means, the timeliness with which official data are disseminated is not time critical.

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