This article explains some particularstatistical issues in measuring theeconomy during a recession and sets outthe ways in which ONS has addressedthese challenges, including steps to giveusers good information and analysisabout the changing path of the economy.

Traces the history of the Census of Production, focusing on the pressures which have caused it to develop in particular waysThe Census of Production Act 1906 paved the way for the first Census to be taken about economic activity in 1907. To celebrate the centenary of the Census of Production,...