Annual and Quarterly National Accounts : Data Transmission

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ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS: DATA TRANSMISSION AND DISSEMINATION IN THE OECD

The objective of this paper is to inform experts in national accounts participating in the 2001 OECD national accounts meeting of the situation regarding the collection and dissemination of national accounts data in the OECD. This paper will be presented alongside a demonstration of OECD databases.

Besides being a forum on national accounts issues, one of the missions of the OECD Statistics Directorate is to collect and disseminate national accounts data, both on a country basis and a geographically aggregated “area” level. OECD is proud to be one of the best sources of international data, through its public databases and its publications.

As of today, a substantial part of OECD databases are open (and free) to partner organizations of the OECD through the OLIS network. All statistical offices producing national accounts are partners and have therefore free access to OLIS. In the future, OECD will probably shift toward a policy of totally free dissemination of data, through the web.

Annual national accounts

This database contains a large set of consistent and comparable SNA 93 annual data for all the 30 OECD member countries, using common classifications. Priority has been given to full comparability, so that (1) slight inconsistencies may appear with the headline national presentation of data if the country does not apply SNA 93 in full extent or does not use the same classification (for example, the US GDP is slightly different in the OECD database and in the NIPA tables), (2) the data is less timely than national data, due to the delay with which countries can implement and transmit the needed changes. This is different from the choice made for quarterly accounts (see below).

The electronic database for annual accounts is separated in two parts, as the paper publication: the first is “main aggregates” (so-called “volume 1”) and the second “detailed tables” (so-called “volume 2”). Extraction of data in OLIS relies on the selection of tables1, such as “GDP: expenditure approach”, “GDP: output approach”, “GDP: income approach”, or, to be found in the detailed tables, “Gross value added by industry, 31 industries”, etc. Each table contains numerous time-series.

The content of the electronic database is closely related to the paper publication but covers also detailed accounts by institutional sectors. While the OECD internal database is updated on a day-to-day basis, taking into account new data flows transmitted by countries, the OLIS annual account database is updated twice a year, on the occasion of the publication of the paper version of the data set. Thus, the 2001 edition of “Volume 2 (detailed tables)” was made available to users in July 2001. In this database/publication, only some countries were updated for year 2000, while all countries were updated for 1999.

1 An alternative is the “Data File” option, in which the whole file is sent to the user.

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The current coverage of the database is the following. Breakdown of GDP by final use, output, income (current and constant price2). Value added, compensation, net taxes on production, gross operating surplus and employment by industry, Detailed final consumption expenditures (current and constant prices), and Simplified non-financial general government accounts, PPPs. The future coverage of the database should include, depending on transmission by countries, data on capital formation and stock, detailed taxes and social contributions, government expenditures by function, and the whole set of institutional sector accounts, from the production account to financial accounts and balance sheets. Unfortunately, most countries have not yet transmitted these tables.

Transmission to OECD is based on a common questionnaire. For European member countries, this questionnaire is strictly identical to the questionnaire to be transmitted to Eurostat. It is therefore recommended for European countries to send the tables to the OECD and Eurostat using the same Email, with two different addresses, one in Eurostat, the other in OECD ([email protected]). The table below shows the situation of countries regarding the transmission of the tables for annual accounts.

2 Using the national volume concept : chained data for countries using it (USA, France,Netherlands,…), traditional constant prices if not.

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SNA93 / ESA95 annual tables submissions by country

Quest. Table Questionnaire SNA93/ESA95

0101 Gross value added at basic prices and gross domestic product at market prices 0102 Gross domestic product identify from the expenditure side 0103 Gross domestic product identify from the income side 0104 Final consumption 0105 Gross capital formation 0106 Exports and imports of goods (fob) and services 0107 Disposable income 0108 Saving and net lending/borrowing 0109 Real disposable income 0110 Population and Employment 0111 Employment and full time equivalents by industry 0112 Compensation of employees by industry 0113 Gross value added in A17 breakdown 0114 Employment by industry in A17 breakdown 0115 Compensation of employees by industry in A17 breakdown 0116 Final consumption expenditure of households by purpose (COICOP) 0117 Final consumption of households by durability 0118 Gross operating surplus by industry in A17 breakdown 0119 Simplified non-financial accounts by institutional sector 0120 Exports of goods (fob) and services by Member States of the EU/third countries 0121 Imports of goods (fob) and services by Member States of the EU/third countries 0122 Financial accounts by sector (transactions), consolidated 0123 Financial accounts by sector (transactions), non-consolidated 0124 Additional table - Revaluation account (abstract), consolidated 0125 Additional table - Revaluation account (abstract), non-consolidated 0126 Balance sheets for financial assets and liabilities, consolidated 0127 Balance sheets for financial assets and liabilities, non-consol. 0200 Main aggregates of General Government 0301 Value added and its components 0302 Capital formation 0303 Labour input 0401 Exports of goods (fob) and services by Member States of the EU/third countries 0402 Imports of goods (fob) and services by Member States of the EU/third countries 0501 Final consumption expenditure of households by purpose 0502 Final consumption expenditure of households 0601 Financial accounts by sector (transactions), consolidated 0602 Financial accounts by sector (transactions), non-consolidated 0603 Additional table - Revaluation account (abstract), consolidated 0604 Additional table - Revaluation account (abstract), non-consolidated 0701 Balance sheets for financial assets and liabilities (stocks), consolidated 0702 Balance sheets for financial assets and liabilities (stocks), non-consol. 0800 Non-financial accounts by sector - I 0900 Detailed tax and social contribution receipts by type and by receiving subsector 1000 Tables by industry, A17 and by region (NUTS II) 1100 Expenditure of General Government by function 1200 Tables by industry, A3 and by region (NUTS III) 1300 Households accounts by region (NUTS II) 1400 Fixed assets for total economy by industry, A17 and by product, Pi3 1500 Supply table at basic prices, including a transformation into purchasers’ prices, n = 60, m = 60 1600 Use table at purchasers' prices, n = 60, m = 60 1700 Symmetric input-output table at basic prices (product by product), m = 60, five yearly 1800 Symmetric input-output table for domestic output (product by product), n = 60, five yearly 1900 Symmetric input-output table for imports (product by product), m = 60, five yearly 2000 Cross-classification of fixed assets by industry, A31and by product, Pi3, five yearly 2100 Cross-classification of production account by industry, A60 and by sector, five yearly 2200 Cross-classification of gross fixed capital formation by industry, A31 and by product, P60, five yearly Tables not asked by OECD

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SNA93 / ESA95 annual tables submissions by country (ctd) Quest. AUS AUT BEL CAN CZE DNK FIN FRA DEU GRC HUN ISL IRL ITA JPN Table 0101 89-99 88-99 80-00 70-97 90-00 66-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 95-99 95-99 90-97 90-99 70-00 90-99 0102 59-99 88-99 80-00 70-00 90-00 66-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 60-99 95-00 90-99 90-00 70-00 80-99 0103 59-99 88-99 80-00 70-00 92-99 66-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 95-99 95-99 90-99 90-00 70-00 90-99 0104 59-99 88-99 80-00 70-00 90-00 66-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 60-99 95-00 90-99 90-00 70-00 80-99 0105 59-99 88-99 80-00 70-00 90-00 66-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 60-99 95-00 90-99 90-00 70-00 90-99 0106 59-99 88-99 80-00 70-00 90-00 88-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 95-99 95-00 90-99 90-00 70-00 80-99 0107 59-99 88-99 80-00 70-00 92-99 88-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 60-99 95-99 90-99 90-00 70-00 90-99 0108 59-99 88-99 80-00 70-00 92-99 88-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 60-99 .. 90-99 90-00 70-00 90-99 0109 85-99 88-99 80-00 .. .. 88-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 95-99 .. 90-99 90-00 82-00 90-99 0110 85-98 88-99 83-00 70-98 90-00 88-00 70-00 90-00 91-00 95-99 92-99 88-99 95-99 82-99 70-99 0111 85-98 88-99 83-00 61-96 .. 88-00 70-00 78-00 91-00 95-99 92-98 80-97 95-99 82-99 90-99 0112 82-99 88-99 80-00 70-97 92-99 88-00 70-00 92-99 91-00 95-99 95-98 90-97 90-99 82-99 90-99 0113 89-99 .. t.03 .. t.03 70-97 90-00 .. t.03 .. t.03 90-99 .. t.03 95-99 95-99 90-97 90-99 82-99 90-99 0114 70-98 .. t.03 .. t.03 61-96 .. .. t.03 .. t.03 90-99 91-00 95-99 95-98 90-97 95-99 82-99 90-99 0115 82-99 .. t.03 .. t.03 70-97 92-99 .. t.03 .. t.03 90-99 .. t.03 95-99 95-99 90-97 90-99 82-99 90-99 0116 59-99 .. t.05 .. t.05 70-00 92-99 .. t.05 .. t.05 90-00 .. t.05 60-99 .. 90-99 90-99 82-99 90-99 0117 ...... 70-00 ...... 90-00 .. 95-99 .. 90-99 .. 82-99 90-99 0118 89-99 .. t.03 .. t.03 70-97 92-99 .. t.03 .. t.03 90-99 .. t.03 95-99 95-99 90-97 90-99 .. t.03 90-99 0119 .. 95-99 70-99 .. 92-99 .. .. 78-00 91-00 95-96 95-99 ...... 90-99 0120 0121 0122 ...... 0123 ...... 0124 ...... 0125 ...... 0126 ...... 0127 ...... 0200 69-98 76-00 70-00 70-98 92-99 71-00 75-00 78-00 91-00 95-00 95-99 90-98 90-00 90-00 90-99 0301 .. 88-99 95-99 .. 90-00 66-00 75-00 90-99 91-00 95-99 95-99 .. .. 70-99 90-99 0302 .. 88-99 95-99 .. .. 95-97 75-00 95-97 91-00 ...... 95-99 70-99 .. 0303 85-98 88-99 95-99 61-96 .. 66-00 75-00 90-99 91-00 95-99 ...... 70-99 90-99 0401 0402 0501 .. 88-99 95-99 70-00 .. 66-00 75-00 90-00 91-00 95-99 .. 90-99 90-99 70-00 90-99 0502 .. 88-99 95-99 70-00 .. 66-00 75-00 90-00 91-00 95-99 .. 90-99 .. 70-00 90-99 0601 ...... 95-99 ...... 0602 ...... 95-99 ...... 90-99 0603 ...... 0604 ...... 91-99 0701 ...... 95-99 ...... 0702 ...... 95-99 ...... 90-99 0800 .. 95-99 95-99 .. .. 81-99 75-00 .. 91-99 ...... 90-99 90-99 0900 .. 95-99 95-99 70-00 .. 95-99 95-99 78-00 91-99 .. .. 90-98 95-99 90-99 90-99 1000 1100 ...... 90-99 ...... 90-98 .. .. 90-99 1200 1300 1400 ...... 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200

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SNA93 / ESA95 annual tables submissions by country (ctd) Quest. KOR LUX MEX NLD NZL NOR POL PRT SVK ESP SWE CHE TUR GBR USA Table sna68 sna68 0101 70-00 95-00 88-99 95-00 86-96 70-00 92-00 95-00 93-00 95-00 80-00 97-98 70-00 70-00 87-99 0102 70-00 95-00 88-99 95-00 86-99 70-00 90-00 95-00 90-00 95-00 80-00 80-99 70-00 70-00 70-99 0103 70-00 95-00 88-99 95-00 86-99 70-00 91-99 95-98 93-98 95-00 93-00 80-98 87-98 70-00 70-99 0104 70-00 95-00 88-99 95-00 86-99 70-00 90-00 95-00 90-00 95-00 80-00 80-99 70-00 70-00 70-99 0105 70-00 95-00 88-99 95-00 87-00 70-00 90-00 95-00 90-00 95-99 80-00 80-99 70-00 70-00 70-99 0106 70-00 95-00 88-99 95-00 86-99 70-00 90-99 95-00 90-00 95-00 80-00 80-99 70-00 70-00 70-99 0107 70-00 95-00 88-99 95-00 86-99 70-00 91-99 95-00 93-98 95-00 93-00 80-99 70-00 70-00 70-99 0108 70-00 .. 88-99 95-00 86-99 70-00 91-99 95-00 93-98 95-00 93-00 80-99 70-00 70-00 70-99 0109 70-00 .. .. 95-00 .. 88-99 ...... 93-00 .. .. 70-00 70-99 0110 70-00 95-99 88-99 95-00 85-99 70-00 92-99 95-98 94-99 95-99 93-00 .. 70-00 88-99 70-99 0111 80-00 95-99 88-99 95-99 85-00 70-00 92-99 95-98 94-97 95-00 93-00 .. 88-94 79-00 70-99 0112 70-00 95-99 88-99 95-00 86-96 70-00 92-99 95-98 93-99 95-00 ...... 70-00 70-99 0113 70-00 .. t.03 88-99 .. t.03 86-96 .. t.03 92-99 .. t.03 93-98 95-98 .. t.03 ...... t.03 87-99 0114 92-00 .. t.03 88-99 .. t.03 85-00 .. t.03 92-99 .. t.03 94-97 95-98 .. t.03 ...... t.03 70-99 0115 70-00 .. t.03 88-99 .. t.03 86-96 .. t.03 92-99 .. t.03 93-98 95-98 .. t.03 ...... t.03 70-99 0116 70-00 .. t.05 88-99 .. t.05 87-00 .. t.05 95-99 .. t.05 96-98 95-99 .. t.05 .. .. 70-00 70-99 0117 70-00 .. 88-99 .. 87-00 ...... 70-00 70-99 0118 70-00 .. t.03 88-99 .. t.03 86-96 .. t.03 92-99 .. t.03 93-99 95-98 .. t.03 ...... 87-99 0119 75-99 .. 93-99 .. 86-99 .. 91-99 .. 92-98 95-99 .. 90-98 .. 70-00 .. 0120 0121 0122 ...... 0123 ...... 87-00 .. 0124 ...... 0125 ...... 0126 ...... 0127 ...... 87-00 .. 0200 70-99 90-00 93-99 95-00 .. 78-00 91-99 95-00 92-98 95-00 93-00 90-98 .. 70-00 .. 0301 70-99 95-99 88-99 95-99 86-96 70-97 92-99 95-99 93-98 95-98 95-96 .. .. 70-00 87-99 0302 70-99 .. 93-99 95-99 .. 70-97 92-99 95-97 92-98 .. 93-98 .. .. 70-00 .. 0303 92-00 95-99 88-99 95-99 85-00 70-97 92-99 95-98 94-97 95-98 93-98 .. .. 79-00 70-99 0401 0402 0501 70-00 .. 88-99 95-99 87-00 80-97 .. 95-98 .. 95-99 95-99 .. .. 70-00 70-99 0502 70-00 95-99 88-99 95-99 87-00 80-97 .. 95-97 .. 95-99 95-99 .. .. 70-00 70-99 0601 70-00 ...... 0602 70-00 ...... 87-00 .. 0603 ...... 0604 ...... 0701 70-00 ...... 0702 70-00 ...... 87-00 .. 0800 .. gg 90 93-99 95-99 .. 80-00 .. 95-98 .. 95-99 93-99 .. .. 87-00 .. 0900 .. 70-99 ...... 95-99 96-98 95-99 95-99 .. .. 70-00 .. 1000 1100 70-98 90-99 ...... 1200 1300 1400 87,97 ...... 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200

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Quarterly national accounts

OECD maintains an internal database containing most of the quarterly national accounts produced by the 27 OECD member countries that publish quarterly accounts. Not all countries compile a full set of quarterly accounts. Thus the content of the database can differ from a country to another. While the priority of the annual national accounts database was comparability, the priority for quarterly national accounts is both comparability and rapidity. Thus, when it is not possible to compile as quickly as needed a common set of tables, priority is given to national presentations, which are used, as well as the set of comparable tables.

The content of the database includes when available: GDP expenditure approach (current and constant price3), GDP income approach, GDP output approach (current and constant price), GFCF broken down by type of product (current and constant price), by institutional sector and by type of asset, Household final expenditures (current and constant price) broken down by type of product and function (COICOP), and Institutional Sectors accounts.

A selection of series from this database is published in the OECD Quarterly National Accounts publication. The electronic publication is released on the same day that the paper publication, approximately around T+120 days. For example, the paper publication 2001/2 was released on August 1, 2001 and the database was released on the same day. Except for the US (for which 2001Q2 was available), the data covered 2001Q1.

For European Union member countries that respond timely to the ESA 95 questionnaire on quarterly national accounts, data is extracted from responses to the questionnaire as well as from national databases. As in the case of annual accounts, it is therefore recommended and (costliest), for European countries to send the tables to the OECD and Eurostat using the same Email, with two different addresses, one in Eurostat, the other in OECD ([email protected]). For others, in particular, non-European Union member countries, data is extracted directly from national databases, without using a specific questionnaire.

OECD has started very recently (first release was 21 September) to publish a news release on quarterly GDP volume growth for the OECD area (see annex). The press release is published at approximately Q + 80 days. For G7 countries, and countries for which quarterly national accounts are available at this date, the data corresponds exactly to national data. The Eurozone and the European Union figures are the ones published by Eurostat. OECD estimates other countries.

For the moment, OECD is not in a situation in which it can announce the precise day of publication of this press release. This could be achieved if more countries also pre-announced their precise own date of publication and respected this date. Progress could also be made on the delay of the publication depending on the delay of country publication. The table below shows some characteristics of data transmission and calendar for OECD member countries.

3 Using the national volume concept : chained data for countries using it (USA, Netherlands,…), traditional constant prices if not.

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First release of Q2 Advanced release National data sent to National Accounts 2001 Nb of days calender available the OECD on the Questionnaire tables after the end of the release day sent to the OECD on quarter the release day Canada 60 Y D.A. Australia 73 Y Y Austria 90 Y n.a. Y Belgium 110 Y Y Y Czech Republic 72 Y Y D.A. Denmark 90 Y (NLT) Y on request Y Finland 83 Y D.A. N France 69 Y D.A. Y Germany 54 Y Y Y Greece ? N N N Hungary 95 Y N N Iceland 90 Y n.a. n.a. Ireland 150 Y(NLT) Y Y Italy 82 Y Y Y Japan 70 Y D.A. Korea 55 Y(NLT) Y Luxembourg n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Mexico 45 Y Y on request Netherlands 45 Y Y Y on request New Zealand 90 Y Y Norway 68 Y Y N Poland 84 Y N N Portugal 124 Y N Y on request Slovak Republic 75 Y n.a. Y Spain 81 Y Y Y on request Sweden 85 Y Y Y Switzerland 82 Y Y N Turkey 62 Y N N United Kingdom 53 Y D.A. N United States 27 Y Y Y = Yes N = No n.a = not applicable

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Paris, 18 September 2001

QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

FIRST ESTIMATE FOR THE GDP IN THE OECD AREA

SECOND QUARTER OF 2001

In the second quarter of 2001, GDP in the OECD area is estimated to have grown by 0.1% compared to the previous quarter. Annual growth (second quarter of 2001 compared to the second quarter of 2000) was 1.2%.

Overall growth in the OECD area continued to slow down in the second quarter, for the sixth consecutive quarter. Annual growth in the second quarter (1.2%) was the lowest since the beginning of 1995, the first year in which comparable OECD data was available for all 30 Member countries.

In the United States, economic growth came to a halt (0.0%) in the second quarter of 2001. However, US annual growth remained positive, though slowing to 1.2% from 2.5% in the previous quarter. Japanese GDP fell in the second quarter of 2001 by 0.8% and was 0.7% lower than a year earlier.

In the Euro area, GDP growth in the second quarter of 2001 compared to the previous quarter slowed down to 0.1% after having grown by 0.5% in the first quarter, and to 1.7% compared to the second quarter of last year, down from 2.4% in the first quarter of 2001.

Among the Major seven, the higher annual growth rate, when compared with the same quarter of the previous year, is observed for France (2.3%); the lowest rate is observed for Japan (-0.7%).

Country or area contributions to OECD area growth: between the second quarter of 2000 and the second quarter of 2001, the United States contributed 0.4 percentage points to the 1.2% OECD-wide growth, Japan contributed -0.1, the countries in the Euro area 0.5 and the other countries 0.4 percentage points.

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Quarterly GDP Volume Growth Percentage change on the previous quarter

1999Q2 1999Q3 1999Q4 2000Q1 2000Q2 2000Q3 2000Q4 2001Q1 2001Q2 O E C D 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 E U 1 5 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 E u r o a r e a 0.5 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 M a j o r s e v e n 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 -0.1 C a n a d a 0.7 1.5 1.3 1.5 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.1 G e r m a n y -0.2 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 F r a n c e 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.3 I t a l y 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.8 -0.1 J a p a n 1.5 -0.1 -1.5 2.4 0.1 -0.7 0.6 0.1 -0.8 U n i t e d K i n g d o m 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.3 U n i t e d S t a t e s 0.4 1.1 2.0 0.6 1.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.0

Annual GDP Volume Growth Percentage change on the same quarter of the previous year

1999Q2 1999Q3 1999Q4 2000Q1 2000Q2 2000Q3 2000Q4 2001Q1 2001Q2 O E C D 2.9 3.4 3.8 4.1 4.4 3.8 3.0 2.2 1.2 E U 1 5 2.2 2.7 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.4 1.7 E u r o a r e a 2.2 2.8 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.4 1.7 M a j o r s e v e n 2.7 3.2 3.4 3.6 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.1 1.0 C a n a d a 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.4 3.5 2.5 2.1 G e r m a n y 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.9 4.3 3.2 2.5 1.8 0.6 F r a n c e 2.5 3.0 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.3 I t a l y 1.3 1.4 2.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.0 J a p a n 1.0 2.1 0.4 2.4 1.0 0.3 2.5 0.2 -0.7 U n i t e d K i n g d o m 1.7 2.5 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.1 U n i t e d S t a t e s 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.2 5.2 4.4 2.8 2.5 1.2

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Country or area contributions to OECD area growth over the same quarter of the previous year

USA Japan Euro area Other OECD

5.00 % 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 -0.50 1999Q2 1999Q3 1999Q4 2000Q1 2000Q2 2000Q3 2000Q4 2001Q1 2001Q2

Methodological Notes

This Press Release can be found on the OECD web site: www.oecd.org

The OECD area covers the 30 OECD Member countries. EU15 covers the 15 Member countries of the European Union. The Euro area covers the 12 countries of the European Monetary Union.

This first estimate of GDP for the OECD area is produced by the OECD Secretariat. It is based on quarterly data reported by Member countries and, when necessary, on estimates from the OECD Economic Outlook and statistical models. Data from the Major seven countries are available at this point in time. When seasonally adjusted data were not available from Member countries, national data have been adjusted by the Arima X12 method.

For the OECD and the Major seven member countries areas, growth is calculated using totals obtained by the addition of constant prices data expressed at 1995 price levels and converted into US dollars using fixed 1995 Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) of GDP. Contributions to the OECD area growth shown in the graph are calculated using data expressed in PPPs converted US dollars.

Growth rates for the European Union and the Euro area shown in the two tables above are obtained from data at constant prices of 1995 reported by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. These data are expressed in Euro converted by using the fixed 1995 exchange rates of the member countries’ currencies to the Ecu. They have been published by Eurostat in "Euro-Indicators News Release", see www.europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat

The next release for quarterly national accounts will be published the third week of December 2001.

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