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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) Ecuador Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Tejada María José, Banco Central del Ecuador (Central Bank of Ecuador) (CBE), Av. 10 de Agosto N11-539 y Briceño, P.O. Box 339, Quito, Ecuador   Phone : 593 2 257 2522 x2510   Fax : 593 2 2954474; 2954969   Email : mtejada@bce.ec    Mr. Almeida Patricio, Banco Central del Ecuador (Central Bank of Ecuador) (CBE), Av. 10 de Agosto N11-539 y Briceño, P.O. Box 339, Quito, Ecuador   Phone : 593 2 257 2522 x2510   Fax : 593 2 2954474; 2954969   Email : palmeida@bce.ec  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

Ecuador ( ECU )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	ECU	SDDS	ECU
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts (Cuentas nacionales trimestrales )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Production index (Indice de Actividad Económica Coyuntural (IDEAC) )	Yes	M	M	6W (1M encour- aged)	6W
Labor market: Employment (Indicadores de Coyuntura del Mercado Laboral )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	10D
Labor market: Unemployment (Indicadores de Coyuntura del Mercado laboral )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	10D
Labor market: Wages/Earnings (Renta primaria mediana )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	10D
Price index: Consumer prices (Indice de Precios al Consumidor del Area Urbana (IPCU) )	Yes	M	M	1M	4D
Price index: Producer prices (Indice de precios al productor )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations (Operaciones del sector público no financiero )	Yes	A	A	2Q	NLT 6M
Central government operations (Operaciones del Gobierno Central )	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 1M
Central government debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector (Panorama financiero )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Analytical accounts of the central bank (Cuentas monetarias del Banco Central del Ecuador )	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	W	2W (1W encour- aged)	NLT3D
Interest rates (Tasas de interés )	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Stock market: Share price index (Ecu-Index and BVG- Index )	Yes	D	D	1	NLT4D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments (Balanza de pagos )	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)	1M
Merchandise trade (Comercio exterior )	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	NLT 6W
International investment position (Posición de la Inversión Internacional )	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	A	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	3 Q
External debt (Deuda Externa )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 1Q
Exchange rates (Tipo de cambio )	Yes	D	D	1	D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population (Proyecciones de la población por sexo y por grupos de edad )	Yes	A	A	...	15M

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.