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Developments
in the Scottish
Input-Output
Tables
Reasons for Change
• Heavily reliant on Excel –
complicated structure
• Rigidity of Dimensions
• Methodological anomalies
Integration of OCEA Outputs
• IO GVA feeding into GDP weights
• Use of Global Connections Survey
2002
• GERS / Input-Output tax integration
Changes in the New System
• Producing a Combined Use matrix
• Balancing at Purchasers’ Prices
• Manual Balancing – more focussed
• Less Reliance on RAS
Changes in the New IO System
• More Efficient IT system
• Flexible System
• Tax and Margins System rewritten
Current Position
• New System is written
• Initial Testing has been done
• System to produce symmetric tables
• 2003 raw data almost complete
• Begin producing 2003 in earnest
Future developments
• Tailor-made responses to queries
• Adjust the dimensions of the IO
tables to reflect changes in the
economy
Future Developments
• Work will begin on a detailed
revisions policy for Input-Output
• Production of Consistent Time Series
of Input-Output tables.