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, Foreword
hiscdocumentc describescthecOECDcEconomiccOutlookcdatabasec –c112thc editionc–
T cVolumec2022/2.
Sectionc1cdescribesctheccontentcofcthecdatabasecandcgivescsomecinformationconchowcdatac
havecbeenccompiledcandchowctheyccancbecaccessed.cSectionc2cfocusesconcthecmaincchang
escimplementedcinctheclastceditioncofcthecEconomiccOutlookcdatabase.
Summaryctables,ccodescandcformulaschavecbeencgroupedcatcthecendcofcthiscdocumentc(ann
exes)ctocformcacpracticalcuser’scguide.
Morecdetailedcinformationc-cnotablyconcSourcescandcMethodsc-
ccancbecfoundconlinecincthecOECDcEconomiccOutlook cwebsite.cTheclattercshouldcbecconside
redcascancimportantccomplementctocthiscdocument:
https://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/economicoutlook.htm
, TABLE OF CONTENTS c c
Forewordc......................................................................................................................................... 3
Tablecofccontentsc ............................................................................................................................ 4
1. DescriptioncofcthecEconomiccOutlookcdatabasec................................................. 6
1.1. ThecEconomiccOutlookcpublicationc................................................................................... 6
1.2. ThecEconomiccOutlookcdatabasec .................................................................................... 6
1.2.1. Countriescandccountrycgroupingsc ............................................................................ 6
1.2.2. Variablesc.................................................................................................................. 6
1.2.3. Series’ccodescusedcincthecEconomiccOutlookcstatisticalcannexc ............................... 7
1.2.4. Frequency,cannualisationcandcseasonalcadjustmentc ............................................... 7
1.2.5. Scale,cunits,ccurrencycandcbasecyearsc .................................................................... 7
1.2.6. Datacprocessingc....................................................................................................... 8
1.3. EconomiccOutlookcSourcescandcMethodsc ........................................................................ 9
1.3.1. Onlinecsourcescandcmethodsc................................................................................... 9
1.3.2. Generalcassessmentcofcthecmacroeconomiccsituationc ............................................ 9
1.3.3. Frequentlycaskedcquestionsc .................................................................................... 9
1.3.4. Maincsources ....................................................................................................................10
1.3.5. Identities ...........................................................................................................................10
1.4. Wherectocfindcthecdata?cWhatcarecthecdifferentcelectroniccformats? ...........................................10
1.4.1. OECD.stat ........................................................................................................................10
1.4.2. Excelcfiles .........................................................................................................................12
1.4.3. ExportctocExcelcandcothercformatsc(CSV,cXML…) .................................................................. 12
1.5. Recommendedc uses .................................................................................................................12
2. Maincchangesctocthecdatabase ............................................................................ 13
2.1. Datecofclastcupdate ....................................................................................................................13
2.2. Countriescandccountrycgroupings ..............................................................................................13
2.3. Variables ...................................................................................................................................13
2.4. Changescincmethodology ..........................................................................................................13
2.4.1. NationalcAccounts ............................................................................................................13
2.4.2. Balancecofcpayments ........................................................................................................13
2.4.3. Quarterlycnationalcaccounts ..............................................................................................14
2.4.4. OECDcsupply-sidecestimates ...........................................................................................14
2.4.5. Labourcforcecstatistics ......................................................................................................15
2.4.6. Maincchangescbyccountry .................................................................................................15
2.4.7. Lastchistoricalcpoints .........................................................................................................16
2.4.8. Countrycbasecyearsc/cStandardcOECDcreferencecyear......................................................17