The JRC was invited to statistically audit the 2023 ICT Development Index developed by The International Telecommunications Union which aims to assess economies on their level of meaningful and universal connectivity as defined by the United Nations. The audit covers the data quality and...

The European Central Bank (ECB), with the support of the European System of Central Bank's (ESCB's) Statistics Committee, compiles and publishes the balance of payments (b.o.p.) and the international investment position (i.i.p.) of the euro area. These statistics depict the economic relations of...

Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) account for a significant part of EU productivity and growth and are transforming our societies and economies in a profound and unprecedented way. The uptake of digital technologies by enterprises transforms the way they conduct their activities,...

The purpose of this publication is to support Member States in completing the OECD, Eurostat, WHO Europe Joint Questionnaire on Non-Monetary Healthcare Statistics (JQNMHC) in line with Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294. It provides an outline of the transmission and dissemination processes,...

Official estimates of economic growth are regularly revised and therefore forecasts for GDP growth are done on the basis of ever-changing data. The economic literature has intensively studied the properties of those revisions and their implications for forecasting models. However, it is much...