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Developing economic statistics
The OECD also takes part in eliminating the gaps and shortcomings in economic statistics that emerged during the economic crisis. The G20 launched a programme that proposes several recommendations aiming to improve economic statistics.
This will involve plenty of work, especially in developing financial statistics, which will be done under the International Monetary Fund IMF. The OECD's task is to develop quarterly accounts of different economic sectors.
"Frankly, it is true that we identified a number of statistical gaps during the crisis that have not been covered. You could see that household and consumer debt was going up considerably. A lot of this information already existed, it is just that people did not focus on it, or that some of the data were missing. We are now identifying and filling in these gaps," Durand describes the work in progress.
The OECD Statistic Directorate collaborates with Eurostat in many instances, as several OECD countries also are members of the European Union. Other important partners include the IMF, the World Bank and the United Nations.
Päivitetty 19.8.2011