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Mainstream Enterprise Statistics

Mainstream Enterprise Statistics. Richard McMahon Head of STS Division Central Statistics Office, Ireland. Outline. Overview of enterprise surveys Short-term business statistics Annual Structural Business Statistics Producer Prices Employment & Earnings

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Mainstream Enterprise Statistics

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  1. Mainstream Enterprise Statistics Richard McMahon Head of STS Division Central Statistics Office, Ireland

  2. Outline • Overview of enterprise surveys • Short-term business statistics • Annual Structural Business Statistics • Producer Prices • Employment & Earnings • Other enterprise level data collected

  3. Operation of enterprise based surveys

  4. Short-term business statistics Purpose • Short-term national indicators • EU legal obligation • Input into calculation of quarterly GDP Key indicators • Monthly Industrial Production • Retail Sales • Quarterly Production in Construction • Planning permissions (administrative data) Future developments • Monthly Services Index (Q1 2011) • Expansion of electronic reporting

  5. Short-term statistics Monthly • Sample size • Industrial – 1,500 units • Retail – 2,000 units • Services (excl retail)– 2,500 units • Information collected • Turnover • Value/ quantity of goods produced (industrial sector) • New Orders (industrial sector) Quarterly • Sample size • Industrial – 1,500 units • Construction – 2,400 units • Services – 3,800 units • Information collected • Value of work done & new orders (construction sector) • Investment and disposals of capital assets • Opening / closing stocks (industrial and distributive sectors)

  6. Structural business statistics Purpose Annual measure of structure and performance of traded sector EU legal obligation Input into calculation of annual GDP measures Input into STS survey weights Outputs Publication : summary structural information Web : detailed data classified by economic type and size, region Ad hoc analyses Microdata file for researchers

  7. Structural Business Statistics Sample size Industry : 5,000 Construction : 4,600 Services : 20,000 Data collected Detailed P&L and balance sheet data Product level data : Industrial sector and business services sector firms with 20+ persons employed Future plans Use of revenue commissioners data for small enterprises from 2010

  8. Producer prices Purpose Collection of Producer, Wholesale and Service Prices from enterprises Business-2-business; Business-2-Government • Provide national indicator • Use as deflators for STS and national accounts • Use for contractual purposes • EU legal obligations Samples: Industry & wholesale – 1,300 enterprises (around 7,000 products) Selected Services sectors- 220 enterprises (around 65 service products)

  9. Quarterly Earnings and Employment Purpose Short term indicators of employment, earnings and other labour costs in both public and private sector organisations • National indicator • Use as input in national accounts • EU legal obligations Sample survey (EHECS) Enterprise based postal survey of 7,500 enterprises 1/3 respond via payroll software Short questionnaire introduced in 2010 for small firms

  10. National Employment Survey Purpose Produce detailed data on the structure and distribution of earnings in both public and private sector organisations • National purposes • EU legal obligations Sample survey (NES) • Enterprise based postal survey of 8,000 enterprises and 108,000 employees • 5% enterprises respond via payroll software (15% employees) • Questionnaire reduced for reference year 2009 • Future – examine increased use of administrative data

  11. Other data collected from enterprises Balance of Payments • Enterprises with large transactions with non-residents Foreign Trade Statistics • CSO receives Intrastat / Extrastat enterprise data from Revenue Commissioners Transport statistics • Road freight information on activity of enterprises freight vehicles

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