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Detailed discussion on transmission of data, database characteristics, outputs, updates, dissemination, country updates, and requests for improvements in national accounts data.
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WORKING PARTY ON NATIONAL ACCOUNTSParis, 4-6 November 2009 The situation of QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS data transmission to the OECD Document STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2009)1 Jiemin GUO
The OECD QNA database • Characteristics • Full scope of QNA data produced by National Statistical Offices • Accuracy and timeliness • Comparability: PPPs, SA, OECD reference year • Content • Set of tables of the OECD/Eurostat SNA93/ESA95 questionnaire • Other series not covered by the questionnaire
The OECD QNA outputs • Regular quarterly QNA publication • Paper and electronic publications, CD-ROM (Q+120 days) • QNA news release • Preliminary estimate of the OECD real GDP growth (Q+50 days) • Ongoingupdates • Intermediate monthly update of the electronic publication • Standard set of QNA released in OECD.Stat with daily refreshed data available to subscribers • More detailed data are available to all users in OECD.Stat Extracts
Data transmission to the OECD • All countries announce on Internet, in advance, the release day of their QNA. • OECD database is updated • within 24 hour of the release for Major Seven countries • within 48 hour for other countries. • New OECD QNA dissemination calendar
Country updates on: • Chain volume estimates • 29 of 30 OECD member countries adopted • Mexico: 2011 • FISIM Allocation • 26 of 30 OECD member countries allocated • except Japan (2010), Mexico(2011), New Zealand(?) & Turkey(?).
Data Collection for New accession countries • Five accession countries: Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia & Slovenia. • All five accession countries started sending their QNA to the OECD through the standard questionnaire on a regular basis • Improvement of data and time coverage since 2008: the GDP by expenditure account is provided since 1995Q1
OECD general requests to NSOs • TIMELINESS : data transmission to OECD as soon as they are available on the day of release. • METADATA : providing brief note appended to the data transmission to signal any important change.
OECD specific requests to NSOs The OECD would welcome any developments that lead to: • Longer time series • More seasonally adjusted data • Population & employment data - compensation of employees & employment broken down by main industries
Ongoing QNA plans • Quarterly sector accounts • QNA questionnaire (data and sources & methods) for non-European countries • QNA project with China
Questions to delegates • OECD would welcome non-European delegates considering the possibility • of using the standard questionnaire for data transmission? • of completing the questionnaire on QNA Sources and Methods?
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