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High-quality data is essential for anticipating and assessing Country Risk. One large source of insight comes from public and official sources. Countries compete to get market access via a regular flow of quality information. In turn, fund managers, investors, and banks’ economic analysts are submerged by a flow of information that requires careful discrimination and cross-checking. The very quality of macroeconomic and financial information is a measure of Country Risk and may itself be an early-warning signal. A country that is either unable or unwilling to provide timely and reliable information sends negative signals regarding the quality of its administration and that of its transparency and governance.
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The German Central Bank issues the Reihe 3 Quarterly report, while the Banque de France issues a Quarterly Bulletin as does the Bank of England .
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Bouchet, M.H., Fishkin, C.A., Goguel, A. (2018). Country Risk Assessment: The Key Role of Official Information Sources. In: Managing Country Risk in an Age of Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89752-3_4
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