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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) United Kingdom Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Ms. Deborah Kennion, Office for National Statistics, 1 Drummond Gate, London, United Kingdom SW1V 2QQ   Phone : 44 207 5336341   Fax : 44 207 533 6061   Email : deborah.kennion@ons.gov.uk  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

United Kingdom ( GBR )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	GBR	SDDS	GBR
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Production index (Index of Production )	Yes	M	M	6W (1M encour- aged)	6W
Labor market: Employment (Labour market: Employment – Workforce Jobs )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Labor market: Unemployment (Claimant count )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	5W
Labor market: Wages/Earnings (Average Earnings Index )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	7W
Price index: Consumer prices (Price Index – Consumer prices )	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 3W
Price index: Producer prices (UK Price Index-Producer Prices )	Yes	M	M	1M	2W
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations	Yes	A	Q	2Q	1Q
Central government operations (Public Sector Net Cash Requirement )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Central government debt (Sterling Debt )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	NLT 6W
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector (Broad Money M4 Components and Counterparts )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Analytical accounts of the central bank (The Bank Return )	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	M	2W (1W encour- aged)	NLT 3W	Timeliness flexibility
Interest rates	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Stock market: Share price index	Yes	D	D	1	1D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments (UK Balance of Payments )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 1Q
Official reserve assets	Yes	M(W recom- mended)	M	1W	3D
Reserves template	Yes	M	M	1M (1W encour- aged)	3D
Merchandise trade (UK Trade in Goods, World and non-EU )	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	NLT 6W
International investment position (UK International Investment Position )	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	Q	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	NLT 1Q
External debt (UK External Debt )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Exchange rates	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population (Population Estimates for England and Wales )	Yes	A	A	...	NLT 14M

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.