Manuals, Sources and Methods

Quarterly National Accounts - Sources and Methods

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25-Sep-2001

National accounts have long been established as the essential indicator of economic development. Their use for monitoring current developments is limited, however, if they are available only once a year. ...

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 ...

Euro area special: Composite Leading Indicator

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30-Jan-2001

Neville Hill

Document from Credit Suisse/First Boston.

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.

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