The zero lower bound and quantitative easing policies have rekindled interest in the link between monetary aggregates and the business cycle. This paper argues, on the basis of Bayesian time-varying coefficient VAR models that use Divisia indexes, that money is more closely linked to the...

Researchers in many fields, such as demography, economics, and sociology, have established various data collection methodologies and principles to answer a range of academic and policy questions on migration. Although the progress has been impressive, some basic challenges remain. This paper...

Four financial technical analysis tools are provided including moving averages, Bollinger bands, moving average convergence divergence (MACD) and the relative strength index (RSI). The tftools command is used with four subcommands, each referring to a technical analysis tool: bollingerbands,...

This note is a sketch of what could be the basis for a theory of applied statistics. Such a theory is needed to help statistics become more relevant, with significant impact and innovative developments. To achieve this goal, statisticians need to get involved in new activities within the...

Eurostat will start to publish euro area and European Union employment flash estimates based on early estimates provided by national statistical institutes on a voluntary basis. This paper describes the reasons for advancing the employment estimates and elaborates the estimation method applied....

The International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics (IRRS) provide a set of specific recommendations that countries and international organizations can use to improve the collection, collation, disaggregation, reporting, and overall quality of statistics on forcibly displaced populations.

National figures cannot reveal the full and sometimes complex picture of what is happening within the European Union (EU). Statistical information at a subnational level - for particular regions or for cities - is an important tool for highlighting diversity within the Member States. Such...

Seasonal variation is one of the key factors, if not the key factor, that can impact the analysis of times series. In order to derive a meaningful analysis of the data under consideration, this seasonality has to be taken into account and adjusted for. The purpose of this handbook is to take...

This document presents Eurostat's assessment of the quality of the 2016 national and regional accounts submitted by the EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, and information on Eurostat's publications of European aggregates. This quality report contains the first assessment results...

Adopted by the European Statistical System Committee, 16th November 2017, this 2017 edition is the second revision of the Code of Practice, originally adopted in 2005. It aims at reflecting the latest changes and innovations in the development, production and dissemination of official statistics...