European business statistics methodological 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 provides an overview of the most important methodological issues concerning STS. It briefly describes the role and content of STS, its legal base and main building blocks, the transmission of data from National Statistical Authorities to Eurostat and the compilation of European aggregates. It also discusses the quality of STS data, their dissemination and their revision. Moreover, it contains introductions to all STS indicators such as production, turnover, producer prices, labour input etc.