"The measurement infrastructure for the production of economic statistics in the United States largely was established in the middle part of the 20th century. As has been noted by a number of commentators, the data landscape has changed in fundamental ways since this infrastructure was...

Big data are part of a paradigm shift that is significantly transforming statistical agencies, processes, and data analysis. While administrative and satellite data are already well established, the statistical community is now experimenting with structured and unstructured human-sourced,...

"'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...

Don't let a fear of numbers hold you back. Today's business environment brings with it an onslaught of data, but leaving the analysis to others in your company just won't cut it. Now more than ever, managers must know how to tease insight from data--to understand where it comes from, make sense...

Supply and use tables and symmetric input-output tables are an integral part of the European System of Accounts (ESA 1995). The present Input-Output Manual discusses compilation issues and provides best practices and harmonised solutions. Its main objective is to assist statistical institutes in...

The publication contains the structure of the classification, the introductory guidelines containing the main concepts, a historical background and the methodological guidelines for understanding and applying the classification as well as a detailed description of the different items of NACE Rev. 2.