Glossary:Real-time data flow

The real-time data flow at a specific point in time is the information set available to people (official statisticians, researcher, etc.). It includes soft, hard, financial data and it usually provides an incomplete data coverage of the reference period at a specific point in time.

The real-time data flow is by construction unbalanced: ragged or jagged hedge data.

Further information

• Handbook on Data Quality - Assessment Methods and Tools

Related concepts

• Data
• Flow data series
• Time series