Economy methodology

This section includes methodology papers, reports and background notes for economic growth, environmental accounts, inflation, Consumer Trends, indexes of production and services, input-output, national accounts, productivity, public sector and retail sales.

• Balance of Payments methodology and glossary

  Methodology and definitions of UK Balance of Payments with links to relevant articles.

• Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and Retail Prices Index (RPI)

  Historical Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and Retail Prices Index (RPI) articles and methodology information, 1998-2009 and link to current documents

• Consumer Trends guidance documents

  Guidance for the Consumer Trends publication including definitions and conventions, classification of household consumption headings, index of tables and sources

• Economic Value of Tourism

  Articles and guidance notes about the economic value of tourism to the United Kingdom

• Environmental Accounts

  Access information on background notes to the production of the environmental accounts

• Financial Statistics: Data Sources

  Data sources for financial statistics previously appearing in the ONS Financial Statistics publication (ended after July 2011).

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) information

  Information about the foreign direct investment surveys with relevant links

• Index of Production methodology

  The Index of Production (IoP) measures the volume of production at base year prices for the manufacturing, mining and quarrying and energy supply industries

• Index of Services methodology

  This guide to the monthly Index of Services (IoS) figures includes definitions, progress reports and methodology

• Input-Output

  Access UK Input-Output data, Supply and Use Tables (SUTs), articles, analyses and archive data

• International Trade in Services

  An Introduction to International Trade in Services (ITIS) Survey

• Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts (MQ5)

  Guidance and methodology information for ONS's Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts (MQ5) publication

• National Accounts

  Source of methodological guidance about the compilation and use of the UK National Accounts

• Producer Price Index and Service Producer Price Index

  Link to documents on Producer Price Index (PPI) and Service Producer Price Index (SPPI) guidance and methodology

• Productivity Measures methodology

  ONS productivity publications relating to productivity measures and theories, explaining how they are sourced and formulated

• Public Sector Finances - methodological articles and reports

  Links to downloadable articles and reports relating to the public sector finances

• Regional Accounts

  Guidance and methodology relating to Regional Accounts outputs including Regional Gross Value Added (GVA)

• Retail Sales methodology and articles

  Articles and methodologcal information about the Retail Sales Index (RSI)

• Share Register Survey

  Links to documents and information on the ONS Share Register Survey.

• Wealth and Assets Survey

  Links to articles and publications on the Wealth and Assets Survey