Transcript Assessment of the Non-Observed Economy in Albania

WORKING PARTY ON NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
Paris, 14-16 October 2008
The situation of QUARTERLY NATIONAL
ACCOUNTS data transmission to the OECD
Document STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2008)23
Jiemin GUO
The OECD QNA database (1)
• 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 database (2)
• Quarterly release:
 Paper and electronic publications, CD-ROM (Q+120 days)
 News release on GDP volume growth for the OECD area
(Q+50 days)
• Monthly updates
 Electronic publication
• Daily updates
 Release in OECD.Stat:
 Data from the standard questionnaire
 Zones aggregates
 Volume/price indices
 Growth rates for GDP in volume
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.
• OECD plans to provide a release calendar
of QNA dates to external users (see Annex I of
document STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2008)23)
Country updates on two SNA
Methodological Issues
• Chain volume estimates
28 of 30 OECD member countries adopted
Korea: 2009 ; Mexico: 2011
• FISIM Allocation
26 of 30 OECD member countries allocated
except Japan, Mexico, New Zealand & Turkey.
• Turkey adopted ESA95/SNA 93 in March
2008.
New ESA95 questionnaire
• New ESA95 questionnaire
Transmission started in December 2007
Most European countries transmit QNA to the
OECD and Eurostat
except Greece, Switzerland and Turkey
• For Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF)
New classification by asset vs. old classification by
product
Explicit category for Intangible fixed assets
Only few countries (Denmark, Italy, Slovak
Republic and the United Kingdom) submitted data
with proper adjustment comparability issue
Data Collection for New
accession countries
• Five accession countries: Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia &
Slovenia.
• Data collection:
Chile, Israel & Russia: requested to fill out and submit the
standard questionnaire.
Estonia & Slovenia: regular data submission to Eurostat,
which are transmitted to OECD automatically.
• Data process:
Updating data for Estonia, Israel & Slovenia in the OECD
QNA database.
Processing for Chile and Russia QNA integration under way.
OECD general requests for
cooperation by member countries
• 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.
Missing important QNA data
from NSOs
• Missing seasonal adjusted data:
Iceland and Sweden: current price estimates
Turkey current price and (especially) volume
estimates data?
• Greece
Missing breakdown of GCF, with details of
investment and changes in inventories
Additional request: fill out the standard ESA95
questionnaire (as is done for Annual transmission)
Missing important QNA data
from NSOs (2)
• Missing quarterly employment data
Iceland, Poland, Switzerland and Turkey
• Eurostat request employment data based
on persons
Austria – based on jobs
QNA Plan for next year
• Updating OECD manual on ‘QNA sources
and methods’
• Sending the OECD QNA questionnaire to
non-European countries
• Participating in NAWWE project
• Providing a QNA dissemination calendar
of OECD member countries to users
Questions to delegates
• Any information from delegates on the points
addressed in the preceding slides?
• Could delegates concerned confirm or precise the
planned dates for Chain volume estimates and FISIM
allocation (see Table 3) ?
• Planned NAWWE implementation : possibility of using
the standard questionnaire for non-European data
transmission?
• Update of the OECD manual on ‘QNA Sources and
Methods’: OECD seeks close collaboration with its
member countries.
• Any progress on the dissemination of QSA and
especially seasonally adjusted data ?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
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