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Letting the data speak: Statistical storytelling. Indicator sets and
Visualisations
Floris van Ruth
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Why construct indicator sets and visualisations? (I)
• Improve accessibility of data
• User needs
• Facilitate interpretation and/or analysis
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Why construct indicator sets and visualisations? (II)
• Showcase available range of statistics
• Exploit available knowledge
• Strengthen position NSI
• Some early warning functionality
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Functions
• Accessibility
• Monitoring
• Analysis
Information content
Complexity
capabilities
lower
Higher
Benchmarking
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Levels of complexity
Function Type of indicator set
Accessibility Collecting
Descriptive
Monitoring
Summarising
Analysis Analytical
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Data collectionCollect&present available data on 1 subject
Financial Accounts Overview
Assets households and nonprofit institutions serving households, % of GDP
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Other accountsInsurance, pension and guarantee schemesEquity and investment fund sharesCurrency and deposits
Assets insurance corporations, % of GDP
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Other accountsEquity and investment fund sharesLoansDebt securities and financial derivatives
Assets pensions funds, % of GDP
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Other accountsEquity and investment fund sharesLoansDebt securities and financial derivatives
Liabilities pension funds, % of GDP
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes Other accounts
Liabilities insurance corporations, % of GDP
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Other accountsInsurance, pension and guarantee schemesEquity and investment fund shares
Assets non-financial corporations, % of GDP
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Currency and deposits LoansEquity and investment fund shares Other accounts
Assets government, % of GDP
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Loans Equity and investment fund shares Other accounts
Liabilities households and nonprofit institutions serving households, % of GDP
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Loans Other accounts
Assets other monetary financial institutations, % of GDP
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
400%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Other accountsLoansDebt securities and financial derivativesCurrency and deposits
Liabilities other monetary financial institutions, % of GDP
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
400%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Other accountsDebt securites and financial derivativesCurrency and deposits
Liabilities non-financial corporations, % of GDP
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Other accountsEquity and investment fund sharesLoans
EMU-debt, % of GDP
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
EMU-debt
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DescriptiveCollect, structure and select available indicators to give a more
complete description of developments in a subject
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SummarisingStructure indicator set to give a general overview of situation concerning certain subject
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3Assesment foreign order book
Germany; producers' confidence
Germany; industrial production
Real effective exchange rate
Eurozone; Export order book
Eurozone; producers' confidence
Most recentPrevious month12 months ago
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Analytical
Labour market tension gauge (experimental)
2006Q1-2010Q2
Available supply of additional labour
Dem
and for additio
nal
Weaker than average
Stronger than average
Looser than average Tighter than average
3 - increasing tension 4 - high tension
1 - decreasing tension2 - loose
2010 Q2
Combine and process data to arrive at a characterisation of a certain economic phenomenon
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Pitfalls
• Visualising for the sake of it
• Eye candy
• Confusion of purpose
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