National Site of Aggregate Economic and Financial Data

The Czech National Bank in agreement with the Czech Statistical Office and the Ministry of Finance is incorporating a "National Site of Aggregate Economic and Financial Data" for the Czech Republic into its Internet site. This forms part of the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) system established by the International Monetary Fund.

The purpose of introducing this site is to give the public access to selected current data and a direct link to the methodological pages on the IMF website ( www.imf.org). These contain basic data, distribution formats, methodology for processing and a publication calendar. It will also provide access to sites with own data published on the Internet by the CSO, Ministry of Finance and the CNB.

The Czech Republic adopted the SDDS in April 1998. The Czech National Bank is co-ordinating the fulfilment of IMF requirements during the further development of the standard.

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