1. 25 th April 2012 SASG Monitoring ESS Guidelines on Seasonal Adjustment Implementation Pilar Rey del Castillo Unit B1 Quality, Methodology and Research

2. 25 th April 2012SASG Assessing the degree of compliance with the SA Guidelines Study by Eurostat unit G3 based on the self-assessment of the STS filled in by the reporting countries in June 2011. SA Guidelines 3 sets of alternatives: –(A) Best approach to be aimed at, –(B) Acceptable option, especially when first alternative is resources intensive, –(C) Practices to be avoided. And 6 chapters or items referring to different issues on SA 2

3. 25 th April 2012SASG 3 Number of countries reporting complete A or B compliance with the 2008 SA Guidelines SeriesCountries 1. Pretreat- ment 2. Seasonal Adjust- ment 3. Revision policies 4. Quality of SA 5. Specific issues 6. Data presen- tation Industrial production EU- 27 232423131418 6 biggest 655445 Industrial New Orders EU- 27 101110659 6 biggest 222212 Construction Production EU- 27 2021 101316 6 biggest 555445 Building Permits EU- 27 223324 6 biggest 001111 Deflated turnover in retail trade EU- 27 2119 111218 6 biggest 533224 Turnover in other services EU- 27 18161410915 6 biggest 543324

4. 25 th April 2012SASG 4 1. Pre- treatment 2. Seasonal Adjustment 3. Revision policies 4. Quality of SA 5. Specific issues 6. Data presentation Industrial Production Industrial new orders Building permits

5. 25 th April 2012SASG Summary Results far from optimal But: –Not a legal requirement –Some countries perform Seasonal Adjustment and do not want to publish (or send to Eurostat) the figures Only STS, not updated information available about MSs National Accounts or other series 5

6. 25 th April 2012SASG Many thanks!!