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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) Ireland Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Ms. Amelia Murray, Executive Officer, Information Section, Central Statistics Office, (CSO), Skehard Road, Cork, Ireland   Phone : 353 21 4535028   Fax : 353 21 4535555   Email : imf@cso.ie  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

Ireland ( IRL )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	IRL	SDDS	IRL
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts (National Income and Expenditure )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 3M
Production index (Industrial Production and Turnover Index )	Yes	M	M	6W (1M encour- aged)	6W
Labor market: Employment (Quarterly National Household Survey )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 3M
Labor market: Unemployment (Quarterly National Household Survey )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 3M
Labor market: Wages/Earnings (Earnings and Labour Costs )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 5M	Timeliness flexibility
Price index: Consumer prices (Consumer Price Index )	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 1M
Price index: Producer prices (Wholesale Price Index )	Yes	M	M	1M	4W
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations (Budget Booklet )	Yes	A	A	2Q	3M
Central government operations (Exchequer Statement )	Yes	M	M	1M	2D
Central government debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 16W	Timeliness flexibility
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector (Consolidated Balance Sheet of Credit Institutions )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Analytical accounts of the central bank (Summary of Assets and Liabilities )	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	M	2W (1W encour- aged)	2W
Interest rates (Selected Interest Rates )	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Stock market: Share price index (ISEQ Index )	Yes	D	D	1	1D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments (Balance of International Payments )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	3M
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 (External Trade )	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	8W
International investment position	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	A	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	9M
External debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	1Q
Exchange rates	Yes	D	D	1	D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population (Annual Population and Migration Estimates )	Yes	A	A	...	6M

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.