Manuals, Sources and Methods

OECD Manual on Measuring Capital: Measurement of Capital Stocks, Consumption of Fixed Capital and Capital Services

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17-Sep-2001

In 1995 the United Nations Statistical Commission requested a study into critical problems in economic statistics. The study identified many problems related to the measurement of capital stocks. Measuring ...

Comparison of compilation methodologies for the Composite Leading Indicators of Euro Area

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01-Aug-2001

This paper compares two different methods to compile Euro area CLI: a method where Euro area CLI is compile directly from the Euro area components and a method where it is compiled by aggregating the CLIs of individual Member countries.

OECD Composite Leading indicators: a tool for short-term analysis

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28-Jun-2001

The primary purpose of this document is to show how CLIs can be used in practice to predict economic turning points (peaks and troughs) and to assess the general behaviour of the economy.

OECD Manual - Measuring Productivity: Measurement of Aggregate and Industry-Level Productivity Growth

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28-Mar-2001

Measures of productivity growth constitute core indicators for the analysis and prospects of economic growth. However, there are many different approaches towards productivity measurement and their calculation ...

Interconnection Principles

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01-Jan-2001

The purpose of liberalisation of telecomms is to provide competition in the provision of telephony services leading to greater choice for customers of suppliers, services, price and quality.

System of National Accounts 1993

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29-Nov-2000

The System of National Accounts, 1993 (SNA93) was produced jointly by the OECD, the United Nations Statistical Division, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Commission of the European Communities.

Confidence Indicators and Composite Indicators

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01-Oct-2000

This paper looks into the construction of the economic sentiment indicators calculated b the European Commission (EC) and the composite leading indicators calculated by the OECD.

Recent Efforts to Meet Composite Leading Indicator User Needs.

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01-Oct-2000

Presentation of the recent developments regarding the use of the OECD Composite Leading Indicator.

Calculation of Composite Leading Indicators: A comparison of two different methods

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01-Jun-2000

This study compares the German and the Japanese composite leading indicators using two methods of trend estimation and two methods of data normalisation.

National Accounts for the Slovak Republic

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15-Apr-1998

Work to compile national accounts according to the SNA started in 1993 and has been a major element in developing statistics suitable for a market economy. This document describes how the process has developed over the last few years.

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