JOINT EUROSTAT – ECB
SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT STEERING GROUP MEETING
Thursday, 20 June 2013 (10:00 - 17:00)
European Central Bank
Room CP22 Plinth building, second floor
Neue Mainzer Strasse / Junghofstrasse
60311 Frankfurt
AGENDA
1. Approval of the Agenda and acceptance of the previous meeting minutes
2. Welcome to new SASG members
3. General issues on Seasonal adjustment
3.1 Seasonal Adjustment general strategy
3.2 SA tools development
3.2.1 JDemetra+ development
3.2.2 Report from User Testing Group ( + Minutes last SAUG meeting)
3.3 National practices using Demetra+ (by guest speakers)
3.3.1 Using JDemetra+ at STATEC
3.3.2 Using Demetra+ at SURS
3.4 Strategy implementation
3.4.1 Future governance, maintenance and support of Jdemetra+ (presentation)
3.4.2 Revision of the guidelines (last draft)
4. Points for information
4.1 Handbook on SA (presentation)
4.2 New functionality to obtain a metadata template
4.3 Demetra+ users’ manual: report on progress (presentation) (+ last version)
4.4 Other: e-learning on SA, status of the QNA handbook revision (last draft), future training and dissemination policy
5. Next steps
Date next meeting
6. Any other business