Significant improvements gave been made since then. Many monthly and quarterly data series are now available on a timely basis. A quarterly GDP series has been developed and is now available with a one-quarter lag. Vast amount of monthly official data are now accessible for downloading through the Internet from public agencies, particularly the BOT where more than 100 data tables are available online and the data are updated every moth. The availability of these data enable non-public sector organizations to better track economic developments and make more accurate risk assessments. This leads to a more balanced view compared with if most of the information is only available to the government and public sector organizations.