Macroeconomic statistics – all activities that are dealing with economy wide statistics at macro level that go beyond, or are different from National Accounts, whether annual, quarterly or monthly. Examples are macroeconomic databases that combine national accounts and other macroeconomic indicators like Main Economic Indicators (OECD), Principal European Economic Indicators (Eurostat), etc. ; business tendency and consumer opinion surveys, economic growth, stability and structural adjustment, cyclical indicators, statistics for business cycle analysis.
Excludes:
– methodology and frameworks of national accounts (2.2.) – collection and dissemination of national accounts and productivity data not linked to other macroeconomic statistics (2.2)
Reference: Classification of Statistical Activities (CSA rev. 1 - October 2009)