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Jakość danych w systemach statystycznych banków centralnych (na przykładzie NBP)
Data quality in central banks’ statistical systems (NBP example)

Author(s): Eugeniusz Gatnar
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: statistics; finance; data quality; financial crisis

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to assess the quality of statistical data collected and processed by the statistical systems of the central banks. A good example of this quality is the position of the Poland’s balance of payment named “errors and omissions”. Data sent to the National Bank of Poland by the Ministry of Finance, Statistical Office and Supervision Authority is not complete and led to large deficit on the current account to GDP. Investigations performed by the Department of Statistics in the National Bank of Poland resulted in revision of the balance of payments in year 2011 of 10 bln PLN.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 242
  • Page Range: 31-38
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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