Economic statistics

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Economic statistics is a branch of applied statistics focusing on the collection, processing, compilation and dissemination of statistics concerning the economy of a region, a country or a group of countries. Economic statistics is also referred as a subtopic of official statistics, since most of the economic statistics are produced by official organizations (e.g. statistical institutes, intergovernmental organizations such as United Nations, European Union or OECD, central banks, ministries, etc.). Economic statistics provide the empirical data needed in economic research (econometrics) and they are the basis for decision and economic policy making.

[edit] See also

• Business statistics
• Economic data
• SDMX: standards for the exchange and sharing of economic (and other official) statistics between organisations
• List of national and international statistical services
• Index of statistics articles

[edit] Further reading

• Giovanini, Enrico Understanding Economic Statistics, OECD Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-92-64-03312-2

[edit] External links

• Statistics from UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Economic statistics: The White House pages on U.S. economic statistics
• OFFSTATS - Official statistics on the web: The University of Auckland Library
• Fundamental principles of official statistics: United Nations, Statistics Division
• Economic statistics (papers from methodological meetings): UNECE
• OANDA FXEconostats: Historical graphical economic data of major industrial countries
• OECD Official Statistics Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Statistics