Working Group on Monetary and Financial Statistics
Chairperson: Paula Casimiro
Banco de Portugal
> Powers
To monitor regular statistical production within the scope of monetary and financial statistics and the mechanisms underlying their release;
To monitor changes at the level of the systems for the production of monetary and financial statistics of the Eurosystem and Banco de Portugal, with a view to obtaining contributions regarding methodological developments and new information needs;
To promote cooperation and collaboration among entities producing statistics, especially as regards developing the interchange of background information and eliminating overlapping requirements in different statistical operations, with a view to easing the reporting burden on surveyed entities;
To collaborate in maintaining and improving the lists of entities for statistical purposes relating to the financial and general government sector, assessing them on a periodical basis;
To monitor the results achieved in other fora of the Statistical Council with an effect on the production of monetary and financial statistics;
To monitor possible changes in «concepts for statistical purposes» in the area of monetary and financial statistics, which have already been approved by the specialised Section;
To monitor participation and works carried on in the “Committee for Monetary and Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics” in the monetary and financial fields.
> Composition
Banco de Portugal
Statistics Portugal
Ministry of Finance
Portuguese Securities Market Commission
Portuguese Insurance Institute
Portugues Banking Association
Portuguese Insurance Association
Portuguese Association of Investment and Pension Funds and Wealth Managing
Portuguese Leasing and Factoring Association
Association of credit-purchase financing companies