| DBNotes Countries - Jun04 | MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS DATABASE NOTES
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SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS |
New seasonal adjustments by OECD are generally carried out once a year, when the December figure is available. Revisions to individual series due to new seasonal adjustments by national source or by OECD are not signalled in this note. |
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Change to base year 2000 for the July release of MEI
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The OECD standard base year used for the
presentation of indices will change from 1995 = 100 to 2000 = 100 for the July
2004 release of the MEI dataset. For country series, this change will affect
the level of indices previously published, but will have no impact on
historical growth rates. For OECD main country grouping series (e.g.
OECD-Total, OECD-Europe, Major seven, EU 15, Euro area), the level of
published indices will change and there may also be a slight revision to
growth rates from 2000 onwards due to the use of year 2000 based weights to
combine countries data (i.e. in place of year 1995 based weights). In
addition, the length of series published for OECD main country groupings and
the groupings themselves are being reviewed. This may result in the
discontinuation of some 'OECD - former' country groupings and a change to the
definition of high inflation countries for 'OECD excluding high inflation
countries' groupings. For more information on the changes being considered,
please contact Richard McKenzie.
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Revisions to MEI series due to a change in linking methodology |
The OECD has completed a program designed
to improve the methodology for linking different versions of historical time
series used to create long time series in the MEI database. The main impact of
this change in methodology is to ensure consistency over time of monthly
(quarterly) growth rates of time series at link point(s) and consistency of
raw and seasonally adjusted versions of the same time series. As a result,
several time series have been revised in this edition of the MEI publication.
This affects a range of Production, Manufacturing, Domestic Demand, Labour and
Finance series. In general, the impact of these changes is small. |
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Changes for EU countries business and consumer opinion
surveys |
All series published for European Union countries for
business opinions in the manufacturing industry and consumer opinions are now
sourced from the European Commission and conform to a standard presentation
format. As a result, some previously published National series have been
discontinued and some new series have been introduced to ensure the same set
of data is provided for all European Union countries. Where a previous
National series has been replaced by the equivalent series sourced from the
European Commission, there may be some slight differences in the historical
data because all European Commission series are seasonally adjusted using the
DAINTIES method. The attached
Excel file
provides the codes and titles for all series affected by this change. Please
note that ALL series have new codes, and the Excel file provides the link
between old and new series codes for equivalent National and European
Commission sourced series. If users have any comments or queries on this
change, please contact Ronny Nilsson.
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FOR FURTHER DETAILS | Detailed methodological information, updated with a delay of one month, is available on this CD-ROM in \doc\MetaCtr.htm or at http://www.oecd.org/std/mei.
Questions relating to these database notes should be directed by e-mail to stat.contact@oecd.org. |
Countries List |
UNITED STATES | ||||||
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| Production | ||||||
| The following series have been revised between 1955 and 1971. These series include the annual survey of manufactures data, selected editions data and the US geological survey, regarding metallic and non metallic minerals (except fuel). | ||||||
| Industrial production ISIC C-E | USA.PRPEIN01.IXOB | |||||
| Industrial production ISIC C-E sa | USA.PRPEIN01.IXOBSA | |||||
| IIP MANUFACTURING | USA.PRPEMN01.IXOB | |||||
| IIP MANUFACTURING SA | USA.PRPEMN01.IXOBSA | |||||
| IIP CONSUMER GOODS | USA.PRTGCG01.IXOB | |||||
| IIP CONSUMER GOODS SA | USA.PRTGCG01.IXOBSA | |||||
| IIP CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS | USA.PRTGCM01.IXOB | |||||
| IIP CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SA | USA.PRTGCM01.IXOBSA | |||||
| IIP INVEST GDS (INCL DEFENCE) | USA.PRTGDU04.IXOB | |||||
| IIP INVEST GDS (INCL DEFENCE)SA | USA.PRTGDU04.IXOBSA | |||||
| IIP RAW MATERIALS | USA.PRTGRM01.IXOB | |||||
| IIP RAW MATERIALS SA | USA.PRTGRM01.IXOBSA | |||||
| Domestic Demand | ||||||
| These series have been revised since 1992. The price index will provide a measure of the prices paid by persons for domestic purchases of goods and services, which may be a useful measure of consumer prices for some analytical purposes. The index is composed of components that are deflated by either a detailed CPI or a PPI. It excludes expenses of non-profit institutions serving households, most insurance purchases, gambling, margins on used light motor vehicles, expenditures by U.S. residents working and traveling abroad, and imputed expenditures other than owner-occupied non-farm housing. | ||||||
| Retail sales: volume NCIXOBSA - proxy | USA.DDRSVO01.IXOBSA | |||||
| Retail sales 1996 prices sa | USA.DDRSVO01.NCMLSA | |||||
| Producer Prices | ||||||
| Break in the following series in January 2004 as the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) was introduced: | ||||||
| PPI Food plus farm products | USA.PPAGFD01.IXOB | |||||
| PPI Total | USA.PPIATT01.IXOB | |||||
| PPI Industrial goods | USA.PPIPIN01.IXOB | |||||
JAPAN | ||||||
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| Production | ||||||
| The following series have been revised by source for 2003: | ||||||
| IIP MANUFACTURING | JPN.PRPEMN01.IXOB | |||||
| IIP Consumer Durable goods | JPN.PRTGCG02.IXOB | |||||
| IIP Consumer non durable goods | JPN.PRTGCG03.IXOB | |||||
| IIP INTERMEDIATE GOODS | JPN.PRTGIG01.IXOB | |||||
| IIP INVESTMENT GOODS | JPN.PRTGVG01.IXOB | |||||
| Interest Rates | ||||||
| The following series now shows end-of-period data from July 2003: | ||||||
| Interest-bearing 10-yr government bonds yield | JPN.IRLTGV02.ST | |||||
NEW ZEALAND | ||||||
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| Domestic Demand | ||||||
| The following series have been revised from 1995 due to a new design of the Monthly Retail Trade Survey: | ||||||
| RETAIL SALES TOTAL VALUE | NZL.DDRSVA01.NCCU | |||||
| RETAIL SALES TOTAL VALUE SA | NZL.DDRSVA01.NCCUSA | |||||
| retail sales NCIXOBSA - proxy | NZL.DDRSVO01.IXOBSA | |||||
| Retail sales Total volume | NZL.DDRSVO01.NCQL | |||||
| Retail sales Total volume sa | NZL.DDRSVO01.NCQLSA | |||||
CZECH REPUBLIC | ||||||
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| Consumer Price Index | ||||||
| New national base year (2000=100) for the following series: | ||||||
| CPI All Items | CZE.CPALTT01.IXOB | |||||
| CPI Food excl. restaurants | CZE.CPGDFD02.IXOB | |||||
| CPI Energy | CZE.CPGREN01.IXOB | |||||
| CPI All items non-food non-energy | CZE.CPGRLE01.IXOB | |||||
| CPI Housing | CZE.CPSEHO01.IXOB | |||||
| CPI Services less housing | CZE.CPSELR01.IXOB | |||||
| Monetary aggregates and their components | ||||||
| The following series have been revised by source from January 2002 following the introduction of a new monetary survey which is consistent with ECB standards. Earlier data have been linked to these new data by OECD using its standard linking methodology. | ||||||
| Broad money (M2) sa | CZE.MABMBM01.IXOBSA | |||||
| Monetary aggregate M2 | CZE.MABMM201.ST | |||||
| Monetary aggregate M2 sa | CZE.MABMM201.STSA | |||||
| Monetary aggregate M1 | CZE.MANMM101.ST | |||||
| Monetary aggregate M1 sa | CZE.MANMM101.STSA | |||||
| Narrow money (M1) sa | CZE.MANMNM01.IXOBSA | |||||
FRANCE | ||||||
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| Business tendency surveys (retail trade) | ||||||
| The following series have been corrected for the entire period: | ||||||
| Retail trade - Business situation: present sa | FRA.BRBUCT02.STSA | |||||
| Retail trade - Business situation: future tend | FRA.BRBUFT02.STSA | |||||
| Retail trade - Confidence indicator sa | FRA.BRCICP02.STSA | |||||
GREECE | ||||||
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| Employment | ||||||
| The following series have been revised by source from 1998 according to the 2001 Population Census: | ||||||
| Employees: manufacturing | GRC.EMDPIN03.IXOB | |||||
| Civilian Employment | GRC.EMESTT02.ST | |||||
| Employment : Part-time | GRC.EMOTPT01.ST | |||||
| Unemployment | ||||||
| The following series have been revised by source from 1998 according to the 2001 Population Census: | ||||||
| UNEMPLOYMENT TOTAL | GRC.UNLVSU01.ST | |||||
| Unemp % tot. labour force (LFS) | GRC.UNRTSU01.ST | |||||
IRELAND | ||||||
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| Employment | ||||||
| The following series has been included: | ||||||
| Civilian employment | IRL.EMESTT02.ST | |||||
| Producer Prices | ||||||
| New national base year (2000=100) for the following series: | ||||||
| PPI Agricultural product output | IRL.PPAGTT01.IXOB | |||||
| PPI Agricultural products input | IRL.PPIPAG01.IXOB | |||||
NETHERLANDS | ||||||
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| Producer Prices | ||||||
| New national base year (2000=100) for the following series: | ||||||
| PPI Manufacturing | NLD.PPIAMP01.IXOB | |||||
| PPI Output total | NLD.PPIATT01.IXOB | |||||
| Share prices | ||||||
| The following series is now based on the AEX all share index from January 1995. OECD has linked earlier data based on the now-discontinued CBS all share index using its standard linking methodology. | ||||||
| Share prices: AEX all shares | NLD.SPASTT01.IXOB | |||||
NORWAY | ||||||
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| Production | ||||||
| The following series have been revised by source. The new working day methodology has been applicated. | ||||||
| PRODUCTION WOOD PULP | NOR.PRCOWO01.IXOB | |||||
| PRODUCTION WOOD PULP SA | NOR.PRCOWO01.IXOBSA | |||||
| Industrial production ISIC C-E | NOR.PRPEIN01.IXOB | |||||
| Industrial production ISIC C-E sa | NOR.PRPEIN01.IXOBSA | |||||
| IIP MANUFACTURING | NOR.PRPEMN01.IXOB | |||||
| IIP MANUFACTURING SA | NOR.PRPEMN01.IXOBSA | |||||
POLAND | ||||||
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| National Accounts | ||||||
| New national base year (2000=100) for the following series: | ||||||
| Exports of goods and services | POL.EXPEXP.LNBQR | |||||
| Government final consumption expenditure | POL.EXPGC.LNBQR | |||||
| Gross domestic product | POL.EXPGDP.CQR | |||||
| Gross domestic product | POL.EXPGDP.DNB | |||||
| Gross domestic product | POL.EXPGDP.LNBQR | |||||
| Gross fixed capital formation | POL.EXPGF.LNBQR | |||||
| Imports of goods and services | POL.EXPIMP.LNBQR | |||||
| Private final consumption expenditure | POL.EXPPC.LNBQR | |||||
| Residual item (gdp by exp) | POL.EXPSD.LNBQR | |||||
| Increase in stocks and net acqu.of valuables | POL.EXPSTNV.LNBQR | |||||
SWITZERLAND | ||||||
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| National Accounts | ||||||
| The following series has been suppressed: | ||||||
| Increase in stocks incl. a statistical discrep | CHE.EXPSTSD.VNBQRSA | |||||
BRAZIL | ||||||
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| Domestic Demand | ||||||
| In line with international recommendation, the following series with 1995 as reference year has replaced BRA.DDRSVO01.IXNB: | ||||||
| Retail sales: volume | BRA.DDRSVO01.IXOB | |||||
INDONESIA | ||||||
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| Consumer Price Index | ||||||
| New national base year (2002=100) for the following series: | ||||||
| Consumer prices: All items | IDN.CPALTT01.IXOB | |||||
| Consumer prices: Food | IDN.CPGDFD02.IXOB | |||||
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||||||
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| Production | ||||||
| The following series have been included: | ||||||
| Industrial production: industry | RUS.PRPEIN01.IXOB | |||||
| Industrial production: industry sa | RUS.PRPEIN01.IXOBSA | |||||
| Monetary aggregates and their components | ||||||
| The following series have been revised by source from January 1998. These series now include accrued interest on deposits of non financial organizations and households. | ||||||
| Monetary aggregate (M2) | RUS.MABMM201.ST | |||||
| Monetary aggregate (M2) | RUS.MABMM201.STSA | |||||
| Monetary aggregate (M1) | RUS.MANMM101.ST | |||||
| Monetary aggregate (M1) | RUS.MANMM101.STSA | |||||
SOUTH AFRICA | ||||||
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| Production | ||||||
| The following series has been included: | ||||||
| Crude steel production | ZAF.PRCOCS01.ML | |||||