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- ↑ "Saudi Arabia Subscribes to the IMFs Special Data Dissemination Standard". Archived from the original on 2019-10-25.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Subscribes to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard". www.news.lk. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board". dsbb.imf.org. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
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