Methodologies of monetary and financial statistics
This page presents the main methodologies, technical notes and documents taken as reference by the BCRA to prepare and release monetary and financial statistics published on the BCRA’s website.
The material resources available provide information on the methods for data collection, processing and reporting, as well as the standards on information requests made to financial institutions.
Methodological notes of the Series file
Description of the methods used for collection, processing and presentation of the Series file of monetary statistics, which brings together the BCRA’s monetary and financial historical series.
Methodological notes on the Statistical Bulletin
Methodology for collecting, classifying, and analyzing the data included in the Statistical Bulletin, as well as the criteria applied to the presentation of tables and series.
Interest rates and adjustment coefficients
Description of the methods used to compile statistics on interest rates and adjustment coefficients established by the BCRA, including definitions, sources of information and calculation criteria.
Centralized Reporting Requirement System (Sistema Centralizado de Requerimientos Informativos, SISCEN)
The Centralized Reporting Requirement System (SISCEN) coordinates the reception and management of the information reported to the BCRA by financial institutions. It is structured in two main modules:
Data transmission standards
It defines the standardization of the procedures used by financial institutions to transmit data through the Data Transmission System (DTS).
Information schemes
It establishes the standards set by the BCRA’s Monetary Statistics Management Department for the various information schemes, detailing the structure of the tables and the required data.
Table 10: Correspondence of accounts
Table 10: Correspondence of accounts shows equivalences between SISCEN accounts and those appearing in the current chart of accounts enabling the interpretation and mapping between the two accounting schemes.