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# IMF
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##Provider
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* **provider_name**: IMF
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* **provider_longname**: International Monetary Fund
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* **provider URL: http**://www.imf.org/
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* **number of datasets**: 9 datasets containing 17 databases currently in DBnomics + 2 datasets to be added
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## Data accessibility
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* **SDMX**: API SDMX-XML 2.0 et 2.1 (web service SOAP) see http://datahelp.imf.org/knowledgebase/articles/630877-data-services
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* **REST API**: The JSON Data Service, http://datahelp.imf.org/knowledgebase/articles/667681-using-json-restful-web-service
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* **Bulk Download**: yes, data + metadata available in CSV files
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* **Account**: see https://git.nomics.world/cepremap-private/servers-and-services/blob/master/DBnomicsAccountsPasswords.md
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## Current datasets and databases
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- BOPS
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- BOP
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- BOPAGG
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- Commodity prices
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- COMMP
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- COMMPP
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- CPIS
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- CPI
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- CPIS
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- DOTS
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- FSIs
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- GFS
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- GFSCOFOG (can be downloaded in one shot with GFS bulk download )
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- GFSE (can be downloaded in one shot with GFS bulk download )
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- GFSFALCS (can be downloaded in one shot with GFS bulk download )
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- GFSMAB (can be downloaded in one shot with GFS bulk download )
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- GFSR (can be downloaded in one shot with GFS bulk download )
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- GFSSUC (can be downloaded in one shot with GFS bulk download )
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- IFS
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- WEO
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- WEO
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- WEO-GROUPS: no need to separate this data set (part of WEO)
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### Datasets and databases
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- There is a difference between databases available with the API
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(http://dataservices.imf.org/REST/SDMX_JSON.svc/Dataflow) and the
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datasets identified at http://www.imf.org/en/data. There maybe
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several databases for a single dataset (as above).
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## Desired datasets
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- CDIS
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- IRFCL
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## Data tree
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* **Existence of a hierarchy of datasets on web site**: Yes but only
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one level at http://www.imf.org/en/data. Multiple databases used for
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the same dataset in the API can be sees as a second level of the
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data hierarchy if we decide to use the API
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## Datasets
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* **datasetCode**: provided, see above
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* **how to get release date**: can be found on dataset HTML page
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* **dataset docHref**: yes provided on dataset HTML page
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* **dataset notes**: no
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* **dimension_list**: provided in bulk download metadata CSV file
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* **use of attributes**: no. The term "Attribute" may be used as
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series note
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* **attribute_list**:
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* **available frequencies**: Annual, Quarterly, Monthly
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* **availability of previous updates**: yes for several datasets
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* **existence of real time datasets**: NO
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##Series
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* **Series key**: must be constructed by concatenating the dimension codes
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* **Series name**: must be constructed by concatenating the dimension labels
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* **Series docHref**: NO
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* **Series notes**: Sometimes, called "Attribute"
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* **missing values**: empty cell in CSV file
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* **date format**: yyyy, yyyyQa, yyyyMm
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* **mixed frequencies in the same dataset**: yes, annual observations
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may be interlaced with higher frequency observations
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## Updates
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* **calendar of future updates**: No
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* **summary of previous upudates**: see dataset HTML page
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* **regular updates**: yes for some datasets
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* **RSS flow**: http://www.imf.org/external/rss/rsslist/rsslist.aspx
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* **best way to monitor updates**: visit HTML pages once a day
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## Special problems
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Creating an account for bulk downloading is necessary. Downloading
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from the bulk download is asynchonous. IMF sends an email with URL to
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download a file
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## Other remarks
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## Data samples
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* **location**: in test_imf file
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* **description**: |