WHAT IF...? REVISIONS TO TREND ESTIMATES
EFFECT OF NEW SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES ON TREND ESTIMATES
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
Readers should exercise care when interpreting the trend estimates of recent months because they will be revised when next month’s seasonally adjusted estimates become available. For further information, see paragraphs 30 and 31 in the Explanatory Notes.
The graph below presents the effect of two possible scenarios on the trend estimates:
1 The August 2015 seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of dwelling commitments is higher than the July 2015 seasonally adjusted estimate by 2.1%.
2 The August 2015 seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of dwelling commitments is lower than the July 2015 seasonally adjusted estimate by 2.1%.
The percentage change chosen is the average absolute percentage change of the seasonally adjusted series, based on the last 10 years of data.
Number of Owner Occupied Dwelling Finance Commitments
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| Trend as published | (1) rises by 2.1% on this month | (2) falls by 2.1% on this month |
| no. | % change | no. | % change | no. | % change |
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January 2015 | 52 765 | 0.8 | 52 765 | 0.8 | 52 765 | 0.8 |
February 2015 | 53 046 | 0.5 | 53 032 | 0.5 | 53 073 | 0.6 |
March 2015 | 53 136 | 0.2 | 53 108 | 0.1 | 53 180 | 0.2 |
April 2015 | 53 074 | -0.1 | 53 058 | -0.1 | 53 094 | -0.2 |
May 2015 | 52 934 | -0.3 | 52 980 | -0.1 | 52 884 | -0.4 |
June 2015 | 52 778 | -0.3 | 52 972 | 0.0 | 52 658 | -0.4 |
July 2015 | 52 696 | -0.2 | 53 065 | 0.2 | 52 473 | -0.4 |
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