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Date: July 10, 2024 The role of official statistics in shaping the future - Opportunities from the data producer's perspective
The times when official statistics had a monopoly on statistical facts are over. Due to digitalisation, we are instead confronted with an exponentially growing volume of data. New data and new data providers are constantly emerging. This article …
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Press release No. 362 of 29 July 2021 New Administrative Data Information Platform is now live
What data are held by which public authorities in Germany? What is their information value, are the same data held by several public authorities and who has access? The new Administrative Data Information Platform (only in German) of the Federal …
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Press release No. 161 of 8 May 2020 Online transactions: double-digit increases since mid-March
Since Week 13 (23 to 29 March 2020), double-digit percentage increases have been recorded each week for online transactions in Germany, compared with the same week a year earlier. This was observed by means of a new indicator for measuring activities …
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Date: December 14, 2018 Digital process data from truck toll collection as new building block of official short-term statistics
Economic activity generates and requires transport services – hence there is a close connection between the economic development and the freight traffic by trucks. As part of toll collection, digital process data are generated, among other things, on …
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Press release No. 483 of 12 December 2018 Turnover in the service sector up 4.6% in the 3rd quarter of 2018 on the same quarter a year earlier
The turnover in selected service branches increased by a calendar and seasonally adjusted 4.6% in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the third quarter of 2017. Based on first calculations, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports …
