Short-term business statistics

Manuals

Methodology of short-term business statistics - Interpretation and Guidelines

Methodology of short-term business statistics - Associated documents

Methodological guide for developing producer price indices for services 

Guidelines for compiling the monthly index of production in construction 

Handbook on industrial producer price indices (PPI) 

Metadata

Metadata - Background information in Euro SDMX metadata structure on all methodological aspects of STS.

 

Principal European Economic Indicators (PEEIs)

Principal European Economic Indicators PEEIs are key macro economic indicators which describe the economic and labour market situation and price developments in the euro area and the European Union. They are of particular importance for economic and monetary policy.

Almost half of the PEEIs come from short-term statistics. The reports "PEEI in focus" provide, for each Member State detailed information on definitions, coverage and sampling issues, response rates, index compilation, error identification, seasonal adjustment and other quality aspects of these indicators.

• Import price index (2011)
• Building permits indicators (2011)
• Services producer price index (2010)
• Index of turnover in services (2009)
• Index of production in construction (2008)
• Domestic producer price index (2007)
• Retail trade turnover and volume of sales indices (2006)
• Industrial production index (2005)

Quality Reports and Rolling Reviews

Every three years the European Commission (Eurostat) informs the European Parliament and the Council about the quality of short-term statistics.

2011 STS quality report to the European Parliament and the Council

The STS quality reports to the European Parliament and the Council for 2008 and 2003 are available through the STS Group on CIRCABC.

Short-term statistics are also subject to rolling reviews which assess quality of the data and the data production process.

STS CIRCABC group

 

The link to the CIRCABC group "ebt - Short-term Statisitics (STS)"  gives access to a wide range of background information concerning STS, including methodology, quality reports, release calendars and weights.