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GDP beyond the bottom line: measuring what matters most
In this blog, Yente, a regulator in the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR)’s Economy, Business and Trade domain, summarises a…
Office for Statistics Regulation Reports on Treatment of Seasonality in Quarterly GDP Statistics
A review by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has examined a persistent pattern in recent GDP data, with stronger…
Beyond GDP? Yes – but how far?
In our latest blog, OSR’s Jonathan Price introduces his recently published think piece on value and GDP.
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Compliance review of Household Cost Indices
Overview At the time of this report, the Household Cost Indices produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are…
Latest correspondence on Economy and Public Finances
View all correspondence posts about Economy and Public FinancesRob Kent-Smith to Grant Fitzner: Compliance review of Household Cost Indices
Dear Grant, Compliance review of Household Cost Indices We have completed our compliance review of the Household Cost Indices (HCIs) against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We decided to conduct this review given the user interest in the HCIs.…
Liz McKeown and Sarah Henry to Rob Kent-Smith: Review of ONS’s Treatment of Seasonality in Quarterly GDP statistics
Dear Rob, Thank you for your letter of 17th March outlining the findings and recommendations of your recent ‘Review of ONS’s Treatment of Seasonality in quarterly GDP’ and for your team’s engagement with ours throughout the review period. We welcome…
Rob Kent-Smith to Liz McKeown and Sarah Henry: Review of ONS’s Treatment of Seasonality in Quarterly GDP statistics
Dear Liz and Sarah Today we published our Review of ONS’s Treatment of Seasonality in quarterly GDP. This review was prompted by concerns from some users, and media commentators, about the effectiveness of seasonal adjustment in the post pandemic period. In recent years, quarterly…
Ed Humpherson to Rachel Skentelbery: Alternative Release Time for all future UK Economic Accounts (UKEA) publications
Dear Rachel, Thank you for your letter requesting an alternative release time for future publications of the UK Economic Accounts (UKEA) datasets. We understand that the current arrangements involve releasing aggregated data at 07:00 as part of the Balance of Payments and Sector Accounts publications. We also…