Switzerland Adheres to the International Monetary Fundâs Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus January 19, 2021 Washington, DC: Switzerland has completed the requirements for adherence to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) Plus-the highest tier of the Data Standards Initiatives. Switzerland's SDDS Plus data are accessible through the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board . Mr. Louis Marc Ducharme, Director of the IMF's Statistics Department and Chief Statistician and Data Officer, welcomed Switzerland's adherence and noted that 'the dissemination of the new data sets under the SDDS Plus will be invaluable in fostering a deeper understanding and more informed assessments of the performance of Switzerland's financial sector, the cross-border-financial linkages, and the vulnerabilities of the economy to shocks.'