The ECOFIN Council has invited Eurostat and the ECB to review the scope, timeliness and quality of the PEEIs in the light of the results achieved, the constraints encountered and the evolving needs of users for economic and monetary policy purposes.
As the work has only just started, I will confine myself to a few preliminary considerations: (a)  The scope of the PEEIs is viewed positively and indeed reflects the main ECB user requirements. (b)  Besides a few fine-tuning measures, it would be desirable to add a section on housing indicators, in particular, residential property prices.