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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) Greece Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Ms. Zeta Dimitropoulou , Economist, Directorate of Macroeconomic Analysis, Ministry of National Economy, Nikis 5-7, Athens, Greece   Phone : 30 210 3332774   Fax : 30 210 3332810   Email : zetadim@mnec.gr  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

Greece ( GRC )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	GRC	SDDS	GRC
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 65D
Production index	Yes	M	M	6W (1M encour- aged)	40D
Labor market: Employment	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	90D
Labor market: Unemployment	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 90D
Labor market: Wages/Earnings	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	90D
Price index: Consumer prices	Yes	M	M	1M	2W
Price index: Producer prices	Yes	M	M	1M	30D
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations	Yes	A	A	2Q	95D
Central government operations	Yes	M	M	1M	1M	Periodicity flexibility
Central government debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	50D
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
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	Yes	Q	M	1Q	8W
Official reserve assets	Yes	M(W recom- mended)	M	1W	1W
Reserves template	Yes	M	M	1M (1W encour- aged)	NLT 21D
Merchandise trade	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	6W
International investment position	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	Q	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	3M
External debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Exchange rates	Yes	D	D	1	D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population	Yes	A	A	...	11M

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.