Macro-Integration For Solving Large Data Reconciliation Problems

Macro-integration technique is a well established method for reconciliation of large, high-dimensional tables, especially applied to macro-economic data at national statistical offices (NSO). This technique is mainly used when data obtained from different sources should be reconciled on a macro level. New areas of applications for this technique arise as new data sources become available to NSO's. Often these new data sources cannot be combined on a micro level, while macro integration could provide a solution for such problems. Yet, more research should be carried out to investigate if in such situations macro integration could indeed be applied. In this paper we propose two applications of macro-integration techniques in other domains than the traditional macro-economic applications. In particular: reconciliation of tables of a virtual census and reconciliation of monthly series of short term statistics figures with the quarterly figures of structural business statistics.