Satellites can record large areas at short intervals so that information from satellite data is available rapidly and at a small-area level. A feasibility study examines whether information from satellite data can be used to support early estimates of short-term economic development of the Federal Statistical Office.
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During the pandemic, there is a correlation between shop-based retail turnover and the number of pedestrians in inner cities. The Federal Statistical Office examines whether an early indicator of short-term economic trends can be developed on this basis in non-crisis times.
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The experimental early indicator of the short-term economic trend of the non-financial business economy, based on advance turnover tax returns, allows to provide early information on the turnover development in the non-financial business economy before official results from surveys are available by economic sector.
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Official early indicators to reconcile timeliness with accuracy.
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Satellites can provide images of large areas of the earth’s surface at short intervals. Technological progress has substantially influenced and improved the availability and analysis of satellite data so that they are coming into play also in official statistics.
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The transport index records at an early point in time changes of goods transport by mode.
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The daily truck toll mileage index provides approximate indications of the development of industrial production in Germany at a very early stage. The index is calculated from digital process data of the truck toll collection system.
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