Definition: Step problem

Category: Memobust Glossary

Phenomenon of a large gap between the last sub-annual period of one annual period and the first sub-annual period of the next annual period (e.g., large gap between December and January). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Source:
Eurostat, "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), ESSnet "Memobust", March 2014
Created:
Updated: