Catastrophic Natural Disaster and National Accounts: Japanese
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CATASTROPHIC NATURAL
DISASTER AND NATIONAL
ACCOUNTS: JAPAN’S EXPERIENCE
Working Party on National Accounts, OECD,
Paris
25-28 October, 2011
Kosuke SUZUKI
Department of National Accounts
Economic and Social Research Institute
Cabinet Office of Japan
OUTLINE OF THE GREAT EAST
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Occurred at 2:46 pm (JST) on 11 March
Epicenter: the northeast of Japan
Seismic scale: M 9.0
The extent of damage
Around 20,000 are dead or missing
More than 70,000 are still living in temporary
shelters.
Amount of damage in tangible assets: 16.9 trillion
yen ($ 220 billion)
cf. Japan’s nominal GDP in 2010: 479 trillion yen
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OUR CHALLENGES: PAST AND
FUTURE
Source data problems
Delay
Missing
Modification in compilation methodology
Projection
Adjustment
Scope
Conceptual issues
Treatment of unusual economic transactions
User Communication
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SPECIAL TREATMENT IN
QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS:
OVERVIEW
Quarterly National Accounts in Japan
GDP (expenditure side), its components, and compensation
of employees
Release schedule
Advance estimates: after approx. 1 month and 2 weeks
Revised estimates: after approx. 2 months and 10 days
Advance GDP estimates for the first quarter of 2011
were due out on 19th of May…
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SPECIAL TREATMENT IN
QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS:
PROJECTION
Mechanical projection in the advanced estimates
In advanced estimates, some data for the third month of the
reference quarter cannot be obtained.
Huge deviations were obviously expected…
WE NEEDED to maintain the accuracy of our
estimates and to avoid a later big revision.
Usage of alternative data
Other proxies
Data published by private business associations
Anecdotal information
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FIGURE 1: UNPRECEDENTED
FLUCTUATION IN SOURCE DATA
An illustration: Sales of Amusement and Theme Parks
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(Source) “Survey of Selected Service Industries” (METI). Trend estimate is calculated by author.
FIGURE 2: REVISION TO THE
ADVANCE ESTIMATES
Comparison of growth rates for Q1 2011
(Changes from previous quarter, %, seasonally adjusted, chain volume)
Advance estimates Revised estimates
Gross Domestic Product
Private consumption
Private residential investment
Private non-residential investment
Private inventory (*)
Government consumption
Public investment
Public inventory (*)
Exports
Imports
-0.9
-0.6
0.7
-0.9
-0.6
0.7
-0.9
-0.5
1.0
-1.3
0.0
0.7
2.0
-1.3
-0.4
0.9
-1.4
0.0
0.7
1.9
(Note) Figures for inventories are contributions to GDP growth rates.
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SPECIAL TREATMENT IN
QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS:
SOURCE DATA
Revised GDP estimates are calculated using “Financial
Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry” (FSSCI,
Ministry of Finance).
Investment and inventory series
Revised GDP estimates were due out on 9 June.
Delay in FSSCI publication
Provisional results for Q1: 2 June
Final results for Q1: 29 July
Adjustment in investment estimation
Revision to private investment: -1.3% → -1.4%
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SPECIAL TREATMENT IN
QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS:
OTHER ISSUES
Adjustment in parameters
Conceptual Issues
Work-in-progress of housing construction, etc.
Example: clearance of rubble
User communication: advance announcement
Timing
27 April for the advance estimates (published 19 May)
1 June for the revised estimates (published 9 June)
Contents
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ISSUES FOR ANNUAL ESTIMATES
Annual National Accounts in Japan
Fiscal year: from April to March of next year
Released in winter of next year
Estimates for Fiscal 2011 will be due out in December
2012/January 2013
Items we need to tackle:
Source data problems
Reconsideration of estimation methodology/scope
Example: treatment of “transfers”
Conceptual issues
Example: estimation of nonlife insurance services
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IMPLICATION/ISSUES FOR
DISCUSSION
Good opportunity to review current estimation
framework
Dealing with source data problems
Adjustment in estimation methods
Revisiting conceptual issues
There is also a need to consider data sources and estimation
methods for new items.
Improvement in public relations
Conceptual issues: some borderline cases
Are benefits in kind to victims collective or individual
consumption?
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