Core Set of Economic Statistics

Last update: 21 December 2012

The Core Set was endorsed by the ESCAP Committee on Statistics at its second session in 2010.

The Core Set consists of the following categories:

Categories

Intl' standards and guidelines

Prices and costs

	ICLS Resolution concerning CPI (17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, 2003);
	Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice (ILO, 2004);
	Practical Guide to Producing Consumer Price Indices. A Supplementary handbook to the Consumer Price Index Manual (UNECE 2009)
	Producer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice (IMF, 2004)
	Export and Import Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice (IMF, 2009)
	ICLS Resolution concerning an integrated system of wages statistics (12th ICLS, 1973)
	ICLS Resolution concerning the measurement of employment-related income (17th ICLS, 1998)
	ICLS Resolution concerning statistics of labour cost (11th ICLS, 1966)
	International Comparison Program (ICP) Methodological Handbook (World Bank, 2011)

Demand and output

	System of National Accounts 2008
	Quarterly National Accounts Manual: Concepts, Data Sources and Compilation, (IMF, 2001)
	International Merchandise trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions, Revision 3 (United Nations, 2010)
	Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (United Nations, 2010)
	International Recommendations for the Index of Industrial Production (United Nations, 2010)
	Compilation Manual for an Index of Service Production (OECD, 2007)
	International Recommendations for Distributive trade Statistics (United Nations, 2008)
	Short Term Economic Statistics Timeliness framework (OECD)
	International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics (United Nations, 2008)
	ICLS Resolution concerning the measurement of working time (18th ICLS, 2008)
	Measuring Productivity – OECD Manual (OECD, 2001)

Income and wealth

	System of National Accounts 2008
	Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual - Sixth Edition (BPM6) (IMF, 2011)
	External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (IMF, 2003)
	ICLS Resolution concerning household income and expenditure statistics (17th ICLS, 2003)
	ICLS Resolution concerning the measurement of employment-related income (16th ICLS, 1998)
	Expert Group on Household Income Statistics, Final Report and Recommendations of the Canberra Group (2001)
	Measuring Capital – OECD Manual (OECD, 2001)

Money and banking

	Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual (IMF, 2000)
	Monetary and Financial Statistics Compilation Guide (IMF, 2008)

Government

Labour market

	ICLS Resolution concerning statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment (13th ICLS, 1982)
	Surveys of economically active population, employment and underemployment: An ILO manual on concepts and methods (ILO, 1990)
	ICLS Resolution concerning the measurement of underemployment and inadequate employment situations (16th ICLS, 1998)
	ICLS Resolution concerning statistics of employment in the informal sector (15th ICLS, 1993)
	ILO Guidelines concerning a statistical definition of informal employment (17th ICLS, 2003)
	ICLS Resolution concerning the measurement of working time (18th ICLS, 2008)