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Statistical methodology and Guidance notes

• Covid-19 statistical resources
• Guidance Note 1: Captive financial institutions and money lenders
• Guidance Note 2: Interest rate policy and anti-usury regulations
• Guidance Note 3: Data sharing practices
• Guidance Note 4: Central banks' use of time series products 
• Guidance Note 5: Development and maintenance of a security-by-security database

Other relevant initiatives

• Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (CIRET)
• European Committee of Central Balance Sheet Data Offices (ECCBSO)
       See video prepared by Banco de España on What is a Central Balance Sheet Data Office

• G20 Data Gaps Initiatives (DGI)
• International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS)
• International Statistical Institute (ISI)
• International Network for Exchanging Experience on Statistical Handling of Granular Data (INEXDA)
• Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange standard (SDMX)
• Working Group on Securities Databases (WGSD)

Training for central bank statisticians

• Online Course 1 and Course 2 on macroeconomic financial accounts sponsored by the BIS/IFC, the ECB and the Bank of Italy and developed by the OECD/Sapienza University of Rome with the MOOC provider Coursera
• Post-graduate programme on statistical systems by NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS) of Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• European Master in Official Statistics (EMOS)
• ISI Courses, webinars and workshops
• IMF Training catalogue