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 June 2017 seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of dwelling commitments is higher than the May 2017 seasonally adjusted estimate by 2.1%.
2 The June 2017 seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of dwelling commitments is lower than the May 2017 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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November 2016 | 54 506 | 0.4 | 54 506 | 0.4 | 54 506 | 0.4 |
December 2016 | 54 709 | 0.4 | 54 687 | 0.3 | 54 729 | 0.4 |
January 2017 | 54 757 | 0.1 | 54 729 | 0.1 | 54 803 | 0.1 |
February 2017 | 54 616 | -0.3 | 54 604 | -0.2 | 54 641 | -0.3 |
March 2017 | 54 409 | -0.4 | 54 452 | -0.3 | 54 355 | -0.5 |
April 2017 | 54 197 | -0.4 | 54 349 | -0.2 | 54 028 | -0.6 |
May 2017 | 53 974 | -0.4 | 54 304 | -0.1 | 53 701 | -0.6 |
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