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United Nations International Programme for Short-term Statistics United Nations Statistics Division Training Workshop on the Compilation of Quarterly National Accounts for Economic Cooperation Organization Member Countries 8-11 March 2015 Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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2 Background and origin Overview and objectives Status Outline of Presentation
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3 40 th session of UNSC called for swift and coordinated statistical initiatives in response to global economic and financial crisis UNSD organized 3 international seminars in collaboration with Eurostat, Statistics Canada, Statistics Netherlands and Russian Federal State Statistics Service Ottawa, Canada (27-29 May 2009) Scheveningen, Netherlands (14-16 December 2009) Moscow, Russian Federation (17-19 November 2010) European Colloquium in Luxembourg (26-29 September 2010) also discussed statistical initiatives in response to the crisis Background and origin
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4 Outcome: An international work programme for short-term statistics with 4 themes was developed for consideration by UNSC Cyclical composite indicators Economic tendency surveys Rapid estimates Data template and analytical indicators Background and origin
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5 Each theme was led by a working group Cyclical composite indicators ▫Statistics Netherlands (lead agency) ▫Eurostat ▫Conference Board ▫UNSD Economic tendency surveys ▫UNSD (lead agency) ▫Eurostat ▫European Commission ▫OECD ▫KOF-ETH Zurich Background and origin
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6 Rapid estimates ▫Eurostat (lead agency) ▫Statistics Netherlands ▫UNSD Data template and analytical indicators ▫UNSD (lead agency) ▫Eurostat ▫NSOs of Brazil and India 42 nd session of UNSC agreed with proposed international work programme Background and origin
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7 Cyclical composite indicators Cyclical composite indicators Address ongoing concerns in respect of assessing short- term changes in economic activities Serve as integral part of early warning system by providing information on occurrence and timing of economic upturns and downturns Aims to provide best practices and harmonized principles on compilation and reporting of cyclical composite indicators No existing international statistical guidance Key deliverables Handbook on cyclical composite indicators Inventory of country practices through a global assessment Overview and objectives
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8 Economic tendency surveys Economic tendency surveys Provide qualitative information that cannot be collected using quantitative statistical methods Provide cost-effective means of generating timely information on short-term economic developments Serve as integral part of early warning system Aims to provide best practices and harmonized principles on tendency survey sample selection, questionnaire design, survey questions, survey execution, data processing and use of composite tendency indicators Key deliverable Handbook on economic tendency surveys Overview and objectives
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9 Rapid estimates Rapid estimates Are available with relatively shorter time lag Provide first official assessment of short-term changes in economic activities Aims to develop international statistical guidelines on best practices and harmonized principles on compilation and reporting of rapid estimates of key macroeconomic indicators No existing international statistical guidance Key deliverables Glossary of terms Handbook on rapid estimates Inventory of country practices through a global assessment Overview and objectives
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10 Data template and analytical indicators Aims to establish internationally-accepted data and metadata template for short-term statistics for use in Macroeconomic surveillance Early warning of economic and financial vulnerabilities Detection of turning points in business cycles Key deliverables Internationally-accepted data template with corresponding metadata Handbook on data template and metadata for short-term statistics Updated knowledge base on economic statistics Overview and objectives
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11 Data template for short-term statistics Overview
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12 Data template for short-term statistics Overview and objectives
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13 Data template for short-term statistics Overview and objectives
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14 Chapter 1: Data template for short-term statistics Overview and objectives
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15 Chapter 1 (Data template for short-term statistics) Overview and objectives
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16 Data template for short-term statistics Overview and objectives
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17 Activities including the preparation of handbooks under each of the 4 themes are in various stages of progress under the aegis of a steering group on short-term statistics comprising Statistics Canada Statistics Netherlands Russian Federal State Statistics Service UNSD Eurostat First draft of handbook on economic tendency surveys was circulated for global consultation in June 2014 Status
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18 Thank You
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