Statistical information collected and compiled by the European System of Central Banks (ESCB)

The European Central Bank (ECB) will today release a document [pdf 1409 kB] concerning the statistical information collected and compiled by the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). The document, which was adopted by the Governing Council of the ECB on 11 May 2000, covers money and banking and related statistics, the balance of payments and financial accounts, which are areas in which the ECB has sole statistical responsibility, or shares responsibility with the European Commission, at the EU level, and for which the national central banks are primarily responsible, or share responsibility, at the national level. The needs of the ECB regarding euro area general economic statistics are set out in a separate document published on 3 August 2000.

The forerunner of the ECB, the European Monetary Institute (EMI), first released a statement of statistical requirements in July 1996. The present document brings the report of July 1996 up to date, describing the provision of statistical data as it stands today. It indicates where the provision of statistical data is already the subject of ECB legal instruments. The document also points to possible further developments in areas where the present availability of statistics seems incomplete or inadequate.

The document will be available in English on the ECB's website as from 2 p.m. (C.E.T.) and in the other official Community languages in due course. Copies of the printed version are available free of charge and can be ordered in writing from the ECB's Press Division (Fax: +49 69 1344 7404).