To this end, it is often worthwhile for people in the policy analysis process to develop a good dialogue with the compilers of these data. On occasion, well-trained people in the bureaucracy have been able to suggest methodological improvements to privately-compiled surveys.
No survey of economic conditions should have much weight attached to it until we have seen its performance over a period of time long enough for some business cycle fluctuations to be observed. I grant that, in Australia, a very long expansion means that this test is getting a bit demanding.