Sets out the results of recent work on the accuracy of IoP estimates, based on an analysis of sampling error.In recent times the key measure of quality used for the Index of Production (IoP) has been the revisions performance of key aggregates. This is published as a set of revisions triangles...

Sets out the reasons for these changes and their impact on the levels of detail ONS will publishIn January 2008, as part of a wider reprioritisation of the Office for National Statistics? (ONS) business, the sample size for the Monthly Production Inquiry (MPI) will be reduced by 17 per cent. Of...

Describes the above, resulting from concerns about quality of many detailed estimates and a wider reprioritisation of ONS's businessThe Index of Production (IoP) published on 10 March 2008 was based on improved methods, as described in an article published in the January 2008 edition of Economic...