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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) Brazil Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Mr. Altamir Lopes, Chief, Department of Economics , Banco Central do Brasil, SBS Quadra 3, Zona Central, Brasília, D.F., Brazil 70074-900   Phone : 55 61 3414 1002   Fax : 55 61 3414-3754   Email : altamir@bcb.gov.br  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

Brazil ( BRA )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	BRA	SDDS	BRA
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	70D
Production index	Yes	M	M	6W (1M encour- aged)	40D
Labor market: Employment	Yes	Q	M	1Q	4W
Labor market: Unemployment	Yes	Q	M	1Q	4W
Labor market: Wages/Earnings	Yes	Q	M	1Q	2M
Price index: Consumer prices	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 15D
Price index: Producer prices	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 10D
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations	Yes	A	A	2Q	24M	Timeliness flexibility
Central government operations	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Central government debt	NA	Q	M	1Q	1M
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 6W	Timeliness flexibility
Analytical accounts of the central bank	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	M	2W (1W encour- aged)	2W
Interest rates	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Stock market: Share price index	Yes	D	D	1	D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments	NA	Q	M	1Q	NLT 4W
Official reserve assets	Yes	M(W recom- mended)	D	1W	1D
Reserves template	Yes	M	M	1M (1W encour- aged)	5D
Merchandise trade	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	NLT 3W
International investment position	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	Q	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	6M
External debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 90D
Exchange rates	Yes	D	D	1	D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population	Yes	A	A	...	1Y

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.