ABOUT MODERN AND SMART STATISTICS

Bogdan Bogdanov

Abstract: The author of the article presents his vision for the development of state statistics in the foreseeable future. The key points tracing the path of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) in the immediate future are: the challenges to statistics in the global economy and the requirements of Eurostat; the occurring in this state institution in the recent years; significant challenges to official statistics; future steps towards modernization of Bulgarian statistics; the emphasis on the relations between Big Data, Smart Statistics, official statistics and the socio-economic environment; the impact of events outside and inside the NSI on the production of macro and microeconomic indicators.
The red thread, soldering the text from the beginning to the end of the article, is formed by the emphasized constant striving, the necessary skills and the efforts made to ensure and guarantee the quality of the statistical information about the state and the society.

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Date published: 2022-06-22