1. Monitoring of sources for NA purposes
Example from the SBS
A detailed calendar including responibilities by activity and product group is set up
Education/fresh up of all compilers
Meetings/discussions with producers of primary statistics over the year
NA-compilers visit primary unit for macro-checks, and they visit NA
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2. Monitoring of sources for NA purposes
Delivery meeting incl comparisons with other sources (e.g. VAT, quarterly surveys)
Delivery of figures is combined with
documentation on reclassifications,
changes in company structures,
comments on large changes in estimates
newcomers, imputations,
methods used
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3. Monitoring of sources for NA purposes
Each compiler has to take in interest in his area (follow info in newspapers, trade organisations etc)
The profiling group has info on the 50 biggest companies. Read their reports
Keep updated with the IT-systems
Check SLA and Basic descriptions of each source
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4. Monitoring of sources for NA purposes
Make yourself familiar with ”Baskontoplanen”
Check what items are included in Production, and IC for your industries
Check input coefficient
Pay special attention to subsidies, comparability disturbing items, reservations, activated work, other income
Check development of wages, employees, social contributions
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5. Monitoring of sources for NA purposes
Mix of manufacturing/service production, check the cross table
Concern-internal supporting activities, hoding companies
Trade margins, income from trade, costs for resale
Merchanting
Quoting of non-allocated production
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6. Monitoring of sources for NA purposes
Check time-series tables
Annual reports for dominating companies
MM-information
BR for historic information, classification
Primary material for SBS (individual companies)
Relevance of price indices
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7. Monitoring of sources for NA purposes
Check documentation from previous years
Compare with quarterly estimates
Check input structure, consider new information
Adjust PV and IC according to NA definitions
(software, benefits in kind, FISIM, leasing and hidden and illegal activities)
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8. Monitoring of sources for NA purposes
SUT-information in current and constant prices 1993ff. Check volume and price changes for each product group, 400.
Go back to primary statistics to get explanations.
The result should be a balanced system
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9. Increased focus on SLA A value is set on each item, from 1 to 5
Population and sampling
Standard errors
Measurement problems
Imputation and handling problems
Tables
Documentation
Revisions policy
Exchange of information/education
Timeliness
Quarterly- annual discrepancies
Quality changes
Cooperation between different source statistics
Differences between NA and primary sources
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