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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) Belgium Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Mr Rudi Acx, Head of Financial and Economic Statistics, Financial and Economic Statistics Service, National Bank of Belgium, de Berlaimontlaan 14, Brussels, Belgium B - 1000   Phone : 32 2 2212502   Fax : 32 2 2213230   Email : rudi.acx@nbb.be  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

Belgium ( BEL )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	BEL	SDDS	BEL
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	70D
Production index	Yes	M	M	6W (1M encour- aged)	NLT 2M	Timeliness flexibility
Forward-looking indicators	NA	M or Q	M	1M or 1Q	3W
Labor market: Employment (L'emploi )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 70D
Labor market: Unemployment	Yes	Q	M	1Q	NLT 6W
Labor market: Wages/Earnings	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	6W
Price index: Consumer prices (Belgian Consumer Prices Index (CPI) )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Price index: Producer prices (OPI (producer prices globally), OPD (producer prices domestic market) -OPN (producer prices non-domestic market). )	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT1M
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations (Revenue, Expenditure and Balance )	Yes	A	A	2Q	3M
Central government operations	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Central government debt	Yes	Q	M	1Q	1M
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Analytical accounts of the central bank (Bilan/ Situation mensuelle de la Banque Nationale de Belgique )	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	M	2W (1W encour- aged)	2W
Interest rates (Taux d'intérêt / Rentevoeten )	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Stock market: Share price index (BAS index (Brussels All Shares Index) )	Yes	D	D	1	1D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Official reserve assets	Yes	M(W recom- mended)	M	1W	1W
Reserves template	Yes	M	M	1M (1W encour- aged)	24D
Merchandise trade	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	1NLT 8W
International investment position	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	A	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	9M
External debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Exchange rates (Cours de change/Wisselkoersen )	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population	Yes	A	A	...	6M

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.