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Measuring the UK Economy 2008 - the National Statistician's perspective
This article discusses the challenge of measuring the economy in the current economic climate, in particular the challenge of providing timely, reliable, consistent and coherent statistics that meet the demanding needs of policy makers and other users.
Author: Karen Dunnell
Economic & Labour Market Review, vol 2, no 10, pp 18-29. ISSN: 1751-8334
This article discusses the challenge of measuring the economy in the current economic climate, in particular the challenge of providing timely, reliable, consistent and coherent statistics that meet the demanding needs of policy makers and other users. It also reviews aspects of latest published statistics, following the annual Blue Book update, to illustrate the nature of the challenge and assess progress in meeting it. It is not intended as an assessment of the current state of the economy. Rather it is about statistical issues arising.
Published in web format: 6 October 2008 at 9:30 am
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