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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Mr. Leslie W.K. Tang, Assistant Commissioner, Census and Statistics Department (C&SD), 21/F., Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR, China   Phone : 852 2582 4803   Fax : 852 2824 1003   Email : lwktang@censtatd.gov.hk    Mr. Raymond Yuen, Manager (Economic Research), Economic Research, Research, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 55/F, Two International Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central, China, P.R.: Hong Kong 00000   Phone : 532 2878-8157   Fax : 532 2878-1897   Email : raymond_sy_yuen@hkma.gov.hk  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

Hong Kong, SAR, PRC ( HKG )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	HKG	SDDS	HKG
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts (GDP )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	2M
Production index (Index of Industrial Production )	Yes	M	Q	6W (1M encour- aged)	1Q	Periodicity flexibility Timeliness flexibility
Forward-looking indicators (Business Expectations )	Yes	M or Q	Q	1M or 1Q	24D
Labor market: Employment (Number of employed persons )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	3W
Labor market: Unemployment (Number of unemployed persons and unemployment rate )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	3W
Labor market: Wages/Earnings (Payroll per person engaged )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Price index: Consumer prices (Consumer Price Index [CPI] )	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 23D
Price index: Producer prices (Producer Price Index )	Yes	M	Q	1M	3M	Periodicity flexibility Timeliness flexibility
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations (Government of the Hong Kong SAR - Budgetary Accounts [Monthly and Annual] )	Yes	A	M	2Q	1M
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector (Monetary Statistics )	Yes	M	M	1M	2M	Extensive branch banking system
Analytical accounts of the central bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund )	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	M	2W (1W encour- aged)	2W
Interest rates	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Stock market: Share price index (Hang Seng Index )	Yes	D	D	1	1D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments (BoP )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Official reserve assets	Yes	M(W recom- mended)	M	1W	NLT 1W
Reserves template	Yes	M	M	1M (1W encour- aged)	NLT 1M
Merchandise trade	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	4W
International investment position	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	A	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	2Q
External debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Exchange rates	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population (Population Profiles )	Yes	A	SA	...	6W

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.