European business statistics compilers’ manual for short-term business statistics — 2021 edition - Products Manuals and Guidelines

Short-term business statistics (STS) are the earliest statistics released to show emerging trends in the European economy. STS provide data for the major economic domains, industry, construction, distributive trade and services.

This manual seeks to serve the statistical experts compiling STS data. The chapters provide an overview of the statistical production system at European level and also describe the related statistical processes, for example data dissemination, metadata management, compliance assessment.