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EXPLANATORY NOTES, DEFINITIONS |
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some series (the chapters: National Accounts, Balance of Payments, Labour Force Survey and Construction), monthly data are not available and quarterly data are presented. |
been calculated using special programs which estimate the influence of seasonality and the effects of Jewish festivals and the trading days in Israel. |
Adjustment Method developed by Statistics Canada. The prior adjustment factors were calculated using the special method developed by the Central Bureau of Statistics for estimating the effects of the changing Jewish festival dates and the trading days in Israel. |
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quarterly - of the various series were published with explanations in Seasonal and Prior Adjustment Factors for 1998, Trends for 1995-1998. "Current Briefings in Statistics", No. 22, CBS, Jerusalem, 1998. It should be noted that in most series these seasonal factors are calculated anew, monthly or quarterly, using the most updated data. The trend is calculated by a method based on moving averages of Henderson (for an improved estimate of the trend - see explanations there, section 5.3 in Introduction). Further details of the computation methods of the series to which seasonality is adjusted, and of the trend, are presented in Analysis of Seasonality and Trends in Statistical Series, Technical Series, No. 39, CBS, Jerusalem, 1973. |
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sources of data, method of compiling and processing, and limitations of the data, can be found in the Statistical Abstract of Israel, No. 49, 1998, and also in the special and technical series publications (see list of publications by subject in the bulletin and in the abstract). Short descriptions of the principal series are presented below. |
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accordance with the Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, 1993. Technical Publication No. 63, CBS, Jerusalem, 1993. The transition to the new classification was done gradually, and in some tables data are still presented by economic branch according to the previous classification: Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, 1970. Technical Publication No. 46, CBS, Jerusalem, 1986. |
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