Producer price indices volume 2002, Supplement 2
Target indicators for Main Economic Indicators
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1.5 Target indicators for Main Economic Indicators
Over the last two decades there has been a trend towards greater convergence in national practice as a result of (i) the development of international statistical standards and their implementation by national agencies, and (ii) improved and more extensive communication between national and international agencies. The emergence of greater economic interdependence between countries and trading blocs, and the resulting demand by users for more comparable statistics and improved methodological transparency, has provided a significant catalyst for this trend. As will be shown in the comparison tables presented in subsequent Parts of this publication, there is no such thing as complete data comparability between countries owing to methodological differences in national practice arising out of a combination of historical and cultural factors. As mentioned earlier, the real impact and significance of differences in methodological practice between countries is dependent to a large extent on the use of the data. However, it is fair to say that many of the main “headline” short-term indicators are sufficiently comparable to enable broad comparisons of changes in level between countries, particularly where the emphasis is on comparison of period to period changes in levels. Ideally, the indicators provided by Member countries should be as comparable as possible between countries to facilitate comparison of economic phenomena. In this regard, the series presented in Part One of MEI, Indicators by subject, facilitate broad comparisons across countries. However, in many cases, “comparable” series are not available and practicality demands that the OECD often has to accept the next best solution, namely “common” series with associated methodological information. “Common” series are presented in Part Two of MEI, Indicators for OECD Member countries. These series can differ significantly in scope, coverage, definition, etc., and comparisons are meaningless unless methodological information is available and understood. Facilitating more transparent comparability through the use of methodological information provided by the national agencies responsible for the initial collection and compilation of the indicators is one of the main aims of this publication. MEI includes a wide range of specific short-term indicators within each of the subjects listed above in Part 1.1. Table 1 below contains a list of “target” indicators sought by the OECD for inclusion in the monthly publication. No one Member country compiles all the indicators in the list to meet the requirements of its main national users. The main objective of the list is to provide focus for OECD requests to Member country agencies and other international organisations for MEI data and methodological information. Such focus is necessary to ensure the collection of a range of indicators “common” to as many Member countries as possible. Obviously, the list needs to be revised at regular intervals as priorities change and new topics of interest to users emerge. The target indicators in Table 1 are a draft list of what the OECD would like to collect for inclusion in MEI, in either Part One or Part Two. Another list of what the OECD actually collects and disseminates in both paper and electronic media is provided in the MEI Inventory available on the Internet ( http://www.oecd.org/std/meiinv.pdf ). 15 Price Indices © 2002 Table 1: List of target short-term economic indicators for Main Economic Indicators 1 Download 465.51 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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