The Euro Area Real-Time Database (RTDB) is an  experimental dataset  that consists of vintages, or snapshots, of time series of several variables, based on series reported in the ECB’s Economic Bulletin (EBu), and previously in the ECB's Monthly Bulletin (MoBu). It is updated semi-annually,  at the beginning of January and July.   The database has been constructed in the context of the Real-Time DataBase (RTDB) project that is being coordinated by the   Euro Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN . An in-depth presentation of this euro area RTDB can be found in ECB Working Paper No 1145, entitled  “An area-wide real-time database for the euro area”  by D. Giannone, J. Henry, M. Lalik and M. Modugno (January 2010).