SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT METADATA TEMPLATE 1
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GUIDELINES / GLOSSARY
Group of series:
INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Country / Institution
Contact person responsible for SA
Finland / Statistics Finland
Volyymi.indeksi@stat.fi
GENERAL INFORMATION
Frequency
Published series/
relevant series
Kind of adjustment
4 digits
3 digits
NACE nomenclature (number of series)
2 digits 2 letters  1 letter 
MIGs 
Total 
Raw series
Only calendar adjusted
Other adjustments (e.g.
outliers correction)
x
intermediate
good
energy
capital goods
durable
consumer
goods
non-durable
consumer
goods
x
x
x
x
x
Countryspecific
x
additive
outliers,
level
shifts
x
Countryspecific
x
additive
outliers,
level
shifts
x
Country
-specific
x
additive
outliers,
level
shifts
x
Country
-specific
x
additive
outliers,
level
shifts
x
x
x
x
Only seasonally adjusted
Seasonally and calendar
adjusted
Trend-cycle
Others
x
x
x
x
BCDE
BCD
x
Countryspecific
x
additive
outliers,
level
shifts
x
TRAMO SEATS
J-Demetra+
STATISTICS FINLAND’S PX-WEB DATABASES
Method used
Software used
Publications
CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT
Trading/working day
adjustment
Kind of calendar effects
(both published and
confidential series)
No effect
4 digits
3 digits
49
Trading/working day
(1 regressor )
39
Moving holidays (Easter)
Leap year
Others
No calendar adjustment
Calendar used
10
2
NACE nomenclature
2 digits
2 letters
1 letter
B
13
D
E
15
BC
C
5
1
MIGs
Total
AE
AI
B
CD
CN
AI
BCDE
Finnish
OTHER PRE-ADJUSTMENT
Detection and replacement of outliers
AO, LS and TC
SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT
Model/filter selection
Type
4 digits
Manual
1
Annex of ESS Guidelines on Seasonal Adjustment, 2009 edition
3 digits
NACE nomenclature
2 digits
2 letters
1 letter
MIGs
Total
Seasonal adjustment
decomposition
Automatic
Type
Additive
Log-additive
Multiplicative
Other
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
AGGREGATION
Direct adjustment / indirect adjustment via
components
Direct adjustment
Consistency amongst the different levels of
breakdown
No
Time consistency
(monthly/annual or quarterly/annual)
monthly/annual
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REVISIONS
Model, filters, outliers, calendar regressors
re-identification
Parameters / factors re-estimation
Horizon for published revisions
Once a year
monthly
Whole time series
QUALITY INDICATORS
Quality measures used
AVAILABILITY OF STRUCTURAL METADATA
Links to methodological reports
Links to national calendar used
Availability of detailed information sufficient to
allow users to replicate the process
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