A number of shortcomings in these indices including sampling response rates are currently being addressed, and revisions of the indices will be introduced in the coming year. The consumer price index is produced monthly following international guidelines, and on a timely basis. Timely monthly data are also produced for employment, unemployment, and wages. An NSI self assessment indicates that the compilation of the wage data is affected by methodological problems. Data for the banking system meet the coverage recommendations for the broad money survey, and detailed data are disseminated for the accounts of the BNB and the commercial banks.
Separate information is provided in the monetary survey for positions of banks in liquidation.
This substantially increases the transparency of the monetary data, as credit and deposits of operating banks can be isolated from banks that have been closed. A wide range of interest rate data are also disseminated. The external sector data meet the GDDS data dissemination recommendations for coverage, periodicity, and timeliness. The MOF and the BNB compile and disseminate monthly data on external debt, and will begin compiling International Investment Position data before the end of 1999. Fiscal sector data are produced monthly according to the recommendations of the GDDS for coverage, periodicity, and timeliness.