Flash estimates GDP and the quality and reliability of the data Cover Image

Szybkie szacunki kwartalnego PKB a jakość i wiarygodność danych
Flash estimates GDP and the quality and reliability of the data

Author(s): Maria Jeznach, Marek Cierpiał-Wolan
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Economy, National Economy, Public Administration, Public Finances
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: gross domestic product; GDP; public statistics; forecasting

Summary/Abstract: The article presents published by the Central Statistical Office (since 2013), quick estimates of quarterly GDP prepared on the basis of a limited set of information available within a short time after the end of the test period (which complements the still published standard preliminary quarterly estimates of GDP and its components). The projects undertaken by the Polish public statistics both organizational and methodological aim raising the standards of quality flash estimates of quarterly GDP and discusses research on methods for calculating them. There has also been a flash estimate of international comparison of quarterly GDP on the example of the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, Great Britain and Italy.

  • Issue Year: 59/2014
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 1-16
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish