Data Consistency in IMF Publications : Country Staff Reports Versus International Financial Statistics / John Cady, Anthony Pellechio.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Cady, John.

Contributor:

Pellechio, Anthony.

International Monetary Fund. Statistics Department.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/046

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Monetary Fund.

IMF country report.

International finance--Statistics.

International finance.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (28 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Data published in IMF country staff reports and International Financial Statistics (IFS) may differ for identical variables and, at times, users may be unaware of the reasons for these differences and lack the information needed to permit reconciliation. Such discrepancies stem principally from differences in the objectives of IMF country staff reports and their data requirements, on the one hand, and IFS, on the other. This paper presents the results of a study of the consistency of annual data on core statistical indicators required for Fund surveillance presented in the IMF's IFS and a sample of recently published Article IV consultation reports. The paper finds a significant incidence of apparent discrepancies for similarly defined variables.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. DESIGN OF THE STUDY""; ""III. RESULTS""; ""IV. REASONS FOR DIFFERENCES""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDED MEASURES""; ""REFERENCES""

Notes:

"March 2005."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 27).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613800268

9781462379101

1462379109

9781452743110

1452743118

9781282106918

1282106910

9781451906011

1451906013