1. OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP)
Agenda item: 4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS / INNOVATIONS IN THE PRESENTATION AND DISSEMINATION OF SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC STATISTICS
OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP)
Paris
25-27 June 2007

2. AIMS OF THIS SESSION
To present recent developments / innovations in the presentation, dissemination and scope of short-term economic statistics (STES)
Presentations will be given by:
Germany
OECD
Followed by discussion of other national initiatives

3. BACKGROUND (1)
Similar topic was included in agenda at 2006 STESWP meeting.
Presentations were given by UK, Netherlands and France on their recent dissemination initiatives.
Showed innovative ways of presenting STES to reach wider audiences – Supplement traditional tables / graphs provided in paper publications and on-line databases.

4. BACKGROUND (2)
The final issue last year related to the provision of analytical text – Pressure to go beyond descriptive text and provide information on causality

5. TODAY OECD presentations today will cover:
New data and metadata interfaces for OECD Main Economic Indicators (MEI) (RMc)
Joint OECD – ECB Adobe Flex system (DW)
Proposals for new facility to present selected OECD MEI short-term economic indicators (EPH)

6. WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL?

7. WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL?
Interested in hearing about any other national initiatives for the presentation of short-term economic statistics in an innovative way.
Could comprise either corporate or individual initiatives:
Giving greater value-added to the indicators traditionally presented in static tables and graphs.
Provision of more analytical text – e.g. in pres releases
Tools to expose statistics to a wider audience

8. Thank you for your attention !