Data Template and Metadata for Short-Term Statistics
The Handbook aims to raise awareness of the importance of short-term statistics in meeting the information needs for explaining and monitoring rapid changes in economic and financial conditions. It does this by setting out the standards and recommendations for compiling short-term statistics and accompanying metadata, elaborating the methodological descriptions and the use of individual short-term statistics, explaining the statistical and analytical properties of short-term statistics and how they relate to an integrated set of quarterly national accounts and component data. It is targeted at compilers and users of short-term statistics in national statistics offices and national statistical systems, regional and international organizations and other relevant organizations, including private sector organizations.
