Agenda item: 14 FUTURE STESWP WORK OVER THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP) Paris June 2007

NEXT STESWP MEETING Tentatively set for: June 2008

KEY CONSIDERATIONS Avoid duplication of current activities / co-ordinate with Eurostat and other international organisations, in particular, UN agencies Business and consumer opinion survey work and CLIs are undertaken by another forum with EC / CIRET National accounts and trade statistics dealt with by other working parties serviced by STD

POSSIBLE WORK OVER NEXT TWELVE MONTHS FLOWING FROM THIS MEETING 1. Completion of work of OECD / Eurostat task force on performing revisions analysis on STES 2. Presentation and dissemination of STES – focus on metadata, especially on national practices re linkage with data 3. Implementation of key recommendations in the OECD Presentation Handbook – 6-7 high priority themes, 3-4 key indicators 4. Implementation of revised classifications / backcasting 5. Seasonal adjustment – continue to piggyback on Eurostat guidelines, seek and provide views of non-EU OECD member countries + SA practices in NMEs

POSSIBLE WORK OVER NEXT TWELVE MONTHS FLOWING FROM THIS MEETING (cont.) 6. STES in non-member economies – focus on comparability of 3-4 key indicators (consult with NMEs) 7. Producer price indices for services (SPPIs) 8. Work with UNSD on development of international statistical standards – as required 9. Administrative data framework - update [Infra-annual statistics on capital expenditure] – drop [Infra-annual statistics on capital expenditure] – drop ISP implementation – work with countries on implementation - if none, drop from agenda – and / or linkage with Eurostat work on services turnover ISP implementation – work with countries on implementation - if none, drop from agenda – and / or linkage with Eurostat work on services turnover

OTHER AREAS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE WORK SUGGESTED BY MEMBERS IN PREVIOUS YEARS Graphical presentation of short-term statistics – recommended practices Graphical presentation of short-term statistics – recommended practices Further work on short-term indicators for services ?? Further work on short-term indicators for services ?? Aggregation and comparison of geographic data Aggregation and comparison of geographic data Recent developments in data validation techniques Recent developments in data validation techniques Development of methods to estimate or forecast industrial production using BTS data Development of methods to estimate or forecast industrial production using BTS data Current national practices in the confidentialising of short- term statistics Current national practices in the confidentialising of short- term statistics

AREAS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE WORK SUGGESTED BY MEMBERS IN PREVIOUS YEARS (CONT.) Carry out PEEI type quality investigation for non-EU countries, one indicator at a time. Involves use of questionnaire to collect information on SA, coverage, sample size, non-response. OECD could extend existing studies recently done by Eurostat (IIP, Retail Trade) to non EU countries?

Thank you for your attention ! Questions / Comments / Suggestions?