A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa (AFS)1 during November 22-26, 2021 to continue assisting Statistics Botswana (SB) with developing the producer price index (PPI). Due to ongoing...

A Technical Assistance (TA) mission was conducted in July 2021 to review the data sources and methods used to produce revised estimates of the Kenyan National Accounts (NA) for the period 2009-2019. The mission also provided guidance on producing a revision report to be published at the time of...

At the request of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (MEF)) and in consultation with the African Department (AFR) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the IMF Statistics Department (STA) carried out a remote mission on government finance...

A remote technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted to the Statistics Department of Dominica (SDD) during August 30 to September 10, 2021. The mission was carried out as part of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) work program on...

A technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted in Paramaribo, Suriname, during March 2‒13, 2020. The mission was part of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) work program on ESS and was carried out in response to a request from the...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Statistics Department (STA) conducted a technical assistance (TA) mission to the Central Bank of Montenegro (CBM) for the compilation of external sector statistics (ESS) during April 28-May 13, 2021. The mission was funded by Eurostat to meet the European...

A remote external sector statistics (ESS) technical assistance (TA) was provided to the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) during October 4-13, 2021. The main objectives of the mission were to (i) assist the authorities in improving the quality of ESS by focusing on actions undertaken by the CBS...

A remote technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted for the Central Statistical Office (CSO) of Saint Lucia during March 22-26, 2021. The mission was part of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) work program on External Sector...

The April issue of International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. This issue introduces changes in the presentation of the monetary statistics for the euro area and its member countries. The new presentation...