Statistics Brief No. 13 - The Revision of the 1993 System of National Accounts - What does it change?

This Statistics Brief highlights some of the main changes to the 1993 SNA and provides, where possible, a preliminary evaluation of the possible impact on these key variables.

OECD Business Cycle Analysis Database

This database provides access to time series data for OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLI), standardised consumer and business confidence indicators, business tendency survey indicators by sector and consumer opinion survey indicators as published in each monthly edition of the OECD Main Economic Indicators. Accessing this source data will enable users to analyse in depth the development of business cycles within and across

Revisions Analysis Database for the Index of Industrial Production

OECD Revisions Analysis Database for the Index of Industrial Production.

OECD Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) - Main Economic Indicators (MEI) Revisions Database, August 2007

The OECD QNA - MEI Revisions Database allows users of quarterly national accounts to assess the reliability of the first estimates of quarterly volume, seasonally adjusted, GDP of OECD countries. It covers 18 countries.

Links to Statistical Organisations

Links to national and international data sources.

Questionnez les économistes: Statistiques - faire la différence entre faits et fiction

Peut-on faire confiance aux statistiques officielles ? Nous donnent-elles un aperçu authentique des évolutions des sociétés ? Enrico Giovannini, Chef statisticien de l’OCDE, répondra à vos questions pendant un débat en ligne entre 14h00 et 16h00 (heure de Paris) le jeudi 12 juillet.

Statistics and Politics in a "Knowledge Society"

Statistics Working Paper N. 22 - 2007/2 - Several studies have analysed the characteristics of the knowledge society, as well as its impact on the production of "official" statistics. In this paper we will not enter into this debate, but we will try to analyse the role of statistics in building a knowledge society and improving the democratic control of policy makers. This issue is especially important because the development of

OECD Structural Business Statistics Expert Meeting – Paris, 10-11 May 2007

A number of themes will be focused on at this second meeting of the OECD's SBS Expert Meeting. Key amongst these is the continuing development of indicators that further our understanding of Entrepreneurship Indicators, an area of growing policy interest.

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Current period performance of OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) - Revision analysis of CLIs for OECD Member countries

Statistics Working Paper N. 21 - 2007/1 - This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the current period performance of the OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for 21 OECD Member countries and three zone aggregates (OECD area, Euro area and Major Seven countries) for which CLIs are available for a longer time period. The revisions analysis of OECD CLIs is similar to those recently undertaken by the Organisation for a range of

Unit Labour Cost Indicators - A comparison between the Bureau of Labor's and the OECD's Unit Labour Costs

This paper presents a preliminary data comparison between Unit Labour Cost indicators as compiled by the OECD (Short-Term Economic Statistics Division) and the United Staters Bureau of Labor Statistics.