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Overview of the MIP dissemination

ESTP course - MIPLuxembourg 1-3 December 2015

Iliyana Savova

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Overview

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What is the MIP dedicated web section about?

•Presents statistics under the MIP governance;•Introduces cross-cutting issues in a comprehensive manner;•Communicates to the general public the information related to the domain;•Combines indicators stemming from different domains MIP Scoreboard.

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What is the MIP Scoreboard?

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Scoreboard characteristics

• Headlines and auxiliary indicators;• 2 * 28 pages accessible by country selection;• Last 6 values as default;• Full screen with the last ten years displayable and

downloadable;• Download data by country – annual, quarterly

and all data;• Improved layout and presentation.

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Where to find the MIP dedicated web section?

Eurostat HOME page:http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home

MIP dedicated web section:http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/macroeconomic-imbalances-procedure/indicators

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The MIP dedicated section

•Up-to-date statistics;•Static data, published in the previous policy exercises; •Flexible dashboards;•Information on methodological issues – including tailored metadata files for the MIP indicators;•Legal basis;•Publications – AMR; SA; Eurostat press releases;•Links.

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The left-side navigation panel:an easy navigation of the sub-pages

• Statistics Illustrated• Indicators• Background• Methodology• Legislation • Publications

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INDICATORS main page

• Multi country and multi frequency presentation;

• Metadata information – indicator specific;

• Link to the last AMR report (with a disclaimer about possible differences);

• Bulk download functionality;

• MIP Scoreboards.

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METHODOLOGY• Improved presentation of the information

on indicators;• Sub-section on the underlying statistical

methodology:BPM6;ESA2010;

• Links to related pages:Eurostat;External.

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Improved services for users

• Regularly updated FAQ;• 35 questions on:

General information on MIP; AMR; MIP scoreboard and indicators; Broad policy framework – European Semester;

• Accessible from the different sub-pages;• Inter-linkage among the questions.

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Accessibility and Clarity: availability of metadata files

• Indicator specific;• Tailor-made;• Linked to the source metadata files;• Regularly updated;• Provide supporting information on

collection methods, data treatment, classifications and definitions.

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Where to find the metadata files?

• Under this icon: • In the INDICATORS page • In the Data Navigation Tree

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Characteristics of the MIP data tables• Longer time series; • Short descriptions;• Tailored metadata

information;• Full TGM

functionalities (downloading, maps, graphs…).

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Tables, Graphs and Maps (TGM) - 1

• A tool for downloading and printing tables, graphs and maps;

• Various download formats and functionalities;• It provides full size TGM window view depending

on the screen resolution.

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Tables, Graphs and Maps (TGM) - 2 Table:•Three dimensional data presentation in predefined tables;•Display/hide the footnotes, flags, labels and codes.

Graph: •Possibility to modify the type and the scale of the graphs;•Improved display of pie charts.

Map:•Improved navigation;•Detailed display of regional statistics.

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Where to find the MIP data tables?

MIP dedicated web section Main tables http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/macroeconomic-imbalances-procedure/indicators/main-tables

Data Navigation Tree: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database

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More demo tours

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Why more indicators were published…

All indicators available at one place Additional indicators used for the

economic reading To facilitate the policy-makers and data

users

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Enlargement of the indicators coverage

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BEFORE

Corresponding to the structure of the Scoreboard

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Enlargement of the indicators coverage

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Now

Organized by statistical domains

Scoreboard indicators -an individual folder

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Structure of the data navigation tree - 1 Scoreboard indicators – easily accessible; Thematic folder for each statistical

domain: Annual and quarterly data – mirroring tables; Data presented in % of GDP and national currency.

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Structure of the data navigation tree - 2

Exception

Consolidated and non-consolidated data - mirroring tables

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Financial Accounts – quarterly data The aggregates are not available in Eurobase:

Data available only by sectors: S11- Non-financial corporations; S14 & S15 - Households; non-profit institutions serving households;

Data available only by instruments: F3 - Debt securities; F4 – Loans;

Technical issues and the format of the filese.g. Household debt securities are sent by some countries

as "not available“.

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The new MIP data navigation tree

About 100 new tables were created; All tables have short descriptions in EN, FR

and DE; Published 11/2014- 04/2015.

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MIP data platform

• Presents the data as published in the previous SA;• 5 vintages; • Interactive interface to visualise data;• Easy to process and work with data;• Metadata information;• Published on 21 September 2015.

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Functionalities• A tool to extract data;• Easy to use for all types of users;• The default table can be customized in an interactive

and dynamic way: Selection (or un-selection) of elements that you want to

see (or not) in the table; Possibility to hide or display selected rows and columns; Possibility to interchange rows and columns; The data explorer offers advanced functions for

professional users and various download formats for tables: xls, txt, html, spss, pc axis...

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MIP dashboards

Dashboards for each headline indicator; About 40 dashboards; Linked to Eurobase; Dynamic data visualizations; Published in April 2015; Updated in November 2015.

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Why did we create the dashboards? Communicate complex messages in an

user-friendly and comprehensive manner; Display the freshest data in the MIP

context; The data are shown with the respective

thresholds; Easy to use.

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MIP Statistics Illustrated home page

Easy navigation; User-friendly and concise presentation of

the information; Provides information on the MIP; Links to relevant documents.

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Contents of the dashboards pages

Short text providing: Information on the indicator;Link to the reference metadata file; Information on the thresholds; Links to the online data tables, MIP dedicated

web section and technical documents. The dashboards

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Visualization - MAPS

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Visualization – BAR CHARTS

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Visualization– BAR CHARTS

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Visualization – LINE GRAPHS

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Visualization – LINE GRAPHS

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Statistics Explained pages

• An official Eurostat website presenting statistical topics in an easily understandable way;

• Encyclopedia of European statistics, completed by a statistical glossary;

• A portal for occasional and regular users alike;• Articles drafted by the national statistical

institutes.

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MIP dedicated article in SE

• Introduces the MIP;• Provides overview of the past exercises;• Information on the policy framework;• Information on the indicators.

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• Up-to-date information;• Scoreboard layout with different functionalities:

Expandable menus;Customisable maps and graphs;Short descriptions for the indicators;Metadata information;

• Advanced download options;• Improved services for the users: FAQ;

dashboards; SE article(s).

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The way forward … Improvement and

maintenance of the web contents;

Maintaining the metadata files;

Articles in Statistics Explained.

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Thank you!