UK Foreign currency reserves publication of information.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 April 2000-UK GOVERNMENT: UK Foreign currency reserves publication of information (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28042000 Improvements to the publication of information on UK foreign currency reserves in line with - and in some cases in excess of - the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) mark a further step in promoting the Government agenda of openness, transparency and accountability.

The figures for April 2000, to be published in May, will be the first published incorporating these improvements. Welcoming the changes announced today, Economic Secretary Melanie Johnson said: "The announcement that the UK will be publishing information on the foreign currency reserves in accordance with the IMF's Special...