Austrian GDP Flash Estimates: A Description of Methods

Due to the rising demand for quickly available economic data, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance requested the Austrian Institute of Economic Research to calculate rapid in-advance estimates of national quarterly GDP. Based on this, flash estimates on national accounts data have been published...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):WIFO Publikation
Veröffentlicht in:Austrian Economic Quarterly
Hauptverfasser: Marcus Scheiblecker, Sandra Steindl
Format: article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2006
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Zusammenfassung:Due to the rising demand for quickly available economic data, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance requested the Austrian Institute of Economic Research to calculate rapid in-advance estimates of national quarterly GDP. Based on this, flash estimates on national accounts data have been published since summer 2005. This article describes the methods used, the estimated variables and publication policy issues.