Special Data Dissemination Standard
SDDS What's New
Last Update: April 19, 2012
New Subscribers to the SDDS
Annual Observance Reports
Quarterly Update
Recent Reviews and Discussions of the IMF's Data Standards' Initiatives
Notice on Argentina’s Observance of the SDDS
New Subscribers to the SDDS
- On April 19, 2012, West Bank/Gaza became the 71th subscriber to the SDDS, and the 12th country to graduate from the GDDS to the SDDS.
- On February 28, 2012, Mauritius became the 70th subscriber to the SDDS, and the 11th country to graduate from the GDDS to the SDDS.
- On November 21, 2011, Macedonia, FYR became the 69th subscriber to the SDDS, and the 10th country to graduate from the GDDS to the SDDS.
- On May 17, 2010, Georgia became the 68th subscriber to the SDDS, and the 9th country to graduate from the GDDS to the SDDS.
- On January 28, 2010, Jordan became the 67th subscriber to the SDDS, and the 8th country to graduate from the GDDS to the SDDS.
- On December 1, 2009, Malta became the 66th subscriber to the SDDS, and the 7th country to graduate from the GDDS to the SDDS.
- On December 1, 2009, Cyprus became the 65th subscriber of the SDDS.
Annual Observance Reports
The Executive Board authorized annual reports of subscribers' observance of their SDDS undertakings in March 1999 after the Second Review of the Special Data Dissemination Standard. During the Sixth Review of the Fund's Data Standards' Initiatives in November 2005, Directors supported the staff's intention to assess subscribing countries' observance of their SDDS undertakings annually and to post the first results on the DSBB in 2007.
The reports cover the observance of SDDS following the legal text governing the SDDS and include the four SDDS dimensions (Data, Access by the Public, Integrity and Quality). They review the subscribing countries' observance of their SDDS undertakings regarding the data coverage, periodicity and timeliness; the punctuality of data releases against the advance release calendars; the data dissemination on the national summary data page (NSDP), and the metadata certification during the reference year. The reports also include a link to the data module of the Reports on Observance of Standards and Codes where relevant, and mention IMF staff impressions of data quality from the most recent Article IV report.
Quarterly Update
Quarterly Update on the Special Data Dissemination Standard, Third Quarter 2011 was posted to the IMF's website on December 21, 2011.
On February 22, 2012, during the IMF’s Executive Board’s discussion of the Eighth Review of the Fund’s Data Standards Initiatives, Directors supported terminating the preparation of the SDDS Quarterly Update and its posting on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (see http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2012/pn1218.htm.)
Recent Reviews and Discussions of the IMF's Data Standards' Initiatives
Eighth Review of the Fund's Data Standards Initiatives
February 24, 2012
Interim Report for the Eighth Review of the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives
March 9, 2011
Broadening Financial Indicators in the Special Data Dissemination Standard
March 23, 2010
Seventh Review of the Fund's Data Standards Initiatives
December 10,2008
Notice on Argentina’s Observance of the SDDS
In the course of its regular monitoring of the observance of subscribers' undertakings under the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS), Fund staff determined that Argentina was not, as required under the SDDS legal framework, disseminating in its Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (the "Reserves Template") data on financial instruments denominated in foreign currencies (exchange-traded futures) and settled by other means, including domestic currency. In January 2012, the authorities began disseminating to the public data on financial instruments denominated in foreign currencies (exchange-traded futures) and settled by other means, including domestic currency, with a four months lag which does not meet the SDDS timeliness requirement of one month lag. Fund staff is working with the authorities to resolve this issue in accordance with the procedures set out in the SDDS legal text.