"'Big data' is now readily available to economic historians, thanks to the digitisation of primary sources, collaborative research linking different data sets, and the publication of databases on the internet. Key economic indicators, such as the consumer price index, can be tracked over long...

The aim of this paper is to convey experiences and progress of Danmarks Nationalbank during the recent years in optimizing the process of checking statistical reports. While the empirical background is derived from work within the interest rate statistics, the paper generalizes and categorizes...

This paper analyses revisions of Swiss current account data, taking into account the actual data revision process and the implied types of revisions. In addition we investigate whether the first release of current account data can be improved upon by the use of survey results as gathered by the...