Data on base money are also published, by source and by use. Two business days after each Friday and after month-end. The law authorizes the Bank to publish economic and financial statistics. Furthermore, the Rules of Procedure of the Banco de M xico fix the dates for the publication of the balance sheet and statements of account. The data are provided in aggregated form.
Confidentiality is maintained with respect to institutions, individuals, and enterprises.
The Law on the Bank of Mexico is published only in Spanish, a print version is included in the 1993 Annual Report, which is available for a fee from the Bank of Mexico address in the dissemination formats page. No government employee outside of the Banco de M xico has access to the data prior to their publication. The press release includes brief technical comments on the data. No comments are made on monetary policy. The weekly data are preliminary.