Short-term business statistics
Short-term business statistics are economic statistics published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Commission. They cover all member states of the European Union and - in some areas - also third countries, and provide aggregated results for the euro area and the EU.
Short-term business statistics provide information on the economic development of four major domains: industry, construction, trade, and services. These domains are defined in relation to a classification of economic activities, the NACE Rev.2.
For the four domains the following variables are reported :
- Industry: Production, turnover, number of persons employed, hours worked, gross wages and salaries, producer prices, import prices.
- Construction: Production, number of persons employed, hours worked, gross wages and salaries, construction prices and costs, construction permits.
- Trade: Trade volume, turnover, number of persons employed, hours worked, gross wages and salaries.
- Services: Production, turnover, output prices, number of persons employed, hours worked, gross wages and salaries.