Working Party on Financial Statistics, La Défense - Tour Europe – Salle des Nations: 2-3 October 2007

List of participants

Summary record of the WPFS - COM/STD/DAF/M(2007)1

 

In line with OECD policy to reduce paper consumption, delegates are invited to download the papers from this location and bring them to the meeting. Only a very limited number of paper copies will be made available at the meeting for those delegates who could not bring meeeting documents with them.

Draft Agenda
(updated on 28 September 2007)

Morning 9:30 a.m. – 12:45 a.m. – Afternoon 2:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

October 2:  Chair:  Patrick O’Hagan

Adoption of the agenda - COM/STD/DAF/A(2007)1
Minutes of previous meeting held on October 9-10, 2006 - COM/STD/DAF/M(2006)2

In-depth evaluation of the CMF and its sub-bodies
      – conclusions and Recommendations (Council, OECD) - C(2007)82 - C(2007)82/CORR1
      – Follow-up (STD, OECD) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)8

Financial Accounts and Financial Balance Sheets (for information and discussion)
1.  Progress report on the OECD databases 

     – The situation of data and metadata transmission (M. Chavoix-Mannato, OECD) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)6 - ppt OECD

     –  Consolidation practices regarding the Government sector S13 and the Financial sector S12 (M. Chavoix-Mannato, OECD) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)12 - ppt OECD     
– Results on the survey on Valuation of Assets:  valuation of certain assets and liabilities - the situation in Europe (J. Verrinder, Eurostat) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)11 - ppt Eurostat

     – Progress report on the project relating to historical data (United-Kingdom, Pioneer)
              -- United-Kingdom historical data (S. Brown, ONS, United-Kingdom, and T. Sbano, Pioneer Investments – joint paper - COM/STD/DAF(2007)7 - ppt Pioneer
              -- The household aggregate financial health:  evidence from selected OECD countries (R. De Bonis, Bank of Italy, D. Fano and T. Sbano,  Pioneer investments) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)1 - ppt Bank of Italy

Methodology and Development (for information and discussion) 

2.  Securisation
     – Results of the survey on Securitization (B. Sanz, Bank of Spain) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)9 - ppt Bank of Spain    
     – The statistical treatment of securisation vehicles (M. Lyon and C. Wright, Bank of England) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)3 - ppt Bank of England

     -- The statistical treatment of financial vehicle corporations in the draft SNA93 Rev.1 (R. Mink, ECB) - ppt ECB

3.  Report on data quality issues regarding the production and release of revaluation accounts and of other changes in volume
     –  Data quality issues regarding the production and release of revaluation accounts and other changes in volume accounts in long terme securities (J. Guérin, Banque de France) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)5 - ppt Banque de France
     – Revaluations and of other changes in volume for the Norvegian financial account – methods and sources (T. Cock Ronning, Bank of Norway) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)2

4.  Report on data quality issues regarding the production of information on financial derivatives (one or two OECD countries)
     – information on financial derivatives (D. Marionnet, Banque de France) - ppt Banque de France
     – information on financial derivatives (P. De Rita, Bank of Italy) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)4 - ppt Italy
     – information on financial derivatives (D. Cullen, ABS -Australia) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)10 - ppt Australia

Other OECD financial databases (for information)

5.  Financial and non-financial assets of institutional investors (I. Ynesta, OECD) - Tables: PDF doc - ppt OECD

6.  Financial and non-financial assets of households (I. Ynesta, OECD) - Tables: PDF doc - ppt OECD

7.  Progress report on the bank profitability database (D. Campion, OECD)  - ppt OECD

Co-operation with International Organisations (for discussion)

8.  Financial databases - OECD and IMF (P. O'Hagan, Canada) - COM/STD/DAF(2007)13 - ppt Canada

 

October 3:  common day with Working Party on Financial Statistics) Chair:  B. Moulton

Adoption of the agenda - STD/CSTAT/WPNA/A(2007)1/REV1

Minutes of previous meeting held on October 10-13, 2006 - STD/CSTAT/WPNA/M(2006)1

SNA review (for information and discussion)

9.  Progress report SNA review (Project manager and editor) - ppt C. Carson

10.  Implementation plans (G. Gueye, Eurostat - C. Aspden, OECD) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)11 - ppt Eurostat - ppt OECD

11.  Developments of national accounts in emerging countries
       – Brasil (R. Olinto, Statistical Office) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)22 - ppt 
       – India (S. Sharma, Ministry of Statistics) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)5 - ppt
       – Chile (IC. Escobar, Bank of Chile) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)21 - ppt
Pension schemes (for information and discussion)

12.  The Canadian satellite account for pensions (P. O’Hagan Statistics Canada) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)23 - ppt Canada

13.  Report of EU task force and implementation of supplementary table (R. Mink, European Central Bank) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)12 - ppt ECB

Non financial assets (for information and discussion)

14.  Update of OECD handbook on measuring capital (P. Schreyer, OECD) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)2 - ppt OECD
15.  Survey on estimation of land and structures (C. Aspden, OECD)  - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)8 -available on OLIS only - ppt OECD
16.  Country experiences in estimating households’ non-financial assets
       – Australia (Carl Obst, ABS) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)16 - ppt
       – Canada (P. O'Hagan, Statistics Canada) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)18 - ppt
       – Germany (O. Schmalwasser, Federal Statistical Office and M.P. Radke, Deutsche Bundesbank) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2007)10 - ppt
17.  Conclusion and agenda of next WPFS (P. O'Hagan, WPFS Chair)

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