Manuals, Sources and Methods

OECD Statistical Programme of Work 2006

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06-Feb-2006

This new edition of the OECD Statistical Programme of Work gives an overview of all main statistical activities planned for 2006 by the Statistics Directorate and all other Directorates active in the field ...

International Trade by Commodity Statistics - Country Notes

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30-Nov-2005

Methodological country notes related to the OECD Database: "International Trade by Commodity Statistics".

Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification - EBOPS

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21-Oct-2005

This document shows the EBOPS Classification which is consistant with the IMF's BPM5 classification of trade in services but is more detailed. EBOPS is a disaggregation of the joint OECD-Eurostat Trade in Services Classification.

Structural Statistics for Industry and Services (SSIS) - Standard Definitions

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14-Oct-2005

Standard definitions of variables used in the publication "Structural Statistics for Industry and Services (SSIS)".

OECD Handbook on Economic Globalisation Indicators

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01-Jun-2005

The purpose of this handbook is to measure the extent and intensity of economic globalisation. It defines the concepts and puts forward guidelines for data collection and the fine-tuning of economic globalisation indicators.

OECD Statistical Programme of Work 2005

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15-Feb-2005

This is the second edition of the OECD Statistical Programme of Work. It gives an overview of all main statistical activities carried out in 2005 by the Statistics Directorate and all other Directorates ...

GDP per Capita Volume Indices Based on Constant and on Current PPPs in OECD's Main Economic Indicators (MEI) - Note to the MEI Table: PPPs and Derived Indices for all OECD Countries

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01-Oct-2004

Until now the MEI table presented only one option: per capita volume indices using current PPPs. However, it was felt that, for analytical purposes and for a better comprehension of published data both ...

Producer Price Index Manual - Theory and Practice

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30-Sep-2004

This Producer Price Index Manual replaces the United Nations’ Manual on Producers’ Price Indices for Industrial Goods issued in 1979 (Series M, No. 66). The development of the PPI Manual has been undertaken ...

Consumer Price Index Manual - Theory and Practice

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30-Jul-2004

This important and comprehensive manual provides guidelines for statistical offices and other agencies responsible for constructing Consumer Price indices (CPIs) and explains in-depth the methods that ...

OECD Main Economic Indicators (MEI) - Methodology - Linking Time Series

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04-Jun-2004

Several methodologies are used in Main Economic Indicators to link time series. The preferred method, and the one most widely used, is the 12-month or 4-quarter link method. This method can be applied ...

The aim of this book is to help the reader to better understand how to use economic statistics in general and OECD statistics in particular.

Understanding Economic Statistics: an OECD perspective

presents important statistical issues to the international community of statisticians, economists, policy makers and researchers.

The Statistics Brief