Understanding National Accounts [electronic resource]: Second Edition /
Lequiller, François.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Blades, Derek.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
This second edition of Understanding National Accounts, that provides a comprehensive explanation of how national accounts are compiled, contains new data and new chapters, and is adapted to the new systems of national accounts, SNA 2008 and ESA 2010, that came into effect in September 2014. It approaches national accounts from a truly global perspective, with special chapters dedicated to international comparisons, globalisation and well-being as well as to the national systems used in major OECD economies, such as the United States. Each chapter of the manual uses practical examples to explain key concepts in national accounts in a clear and accessible way. And, each chapter concludes with a synthesis of key points covered in the chapter, followed by resources for further exploring the topic, and by a set of exercises to test your knowledge. It is an ideal guide to national accounts for students and other interested readers.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Exercises and solutions: International comparisons -- Foreword -- Exercises and solutions: Distinguishing between volume and price increases -- Exercises and solutions: The essential macroeconomic aggregates -- National accounts in a globalising world -- Glossary -- GDP as a welfare metric: The beyond GDP agenda -- Production: What it includes and excludes -- Exercises and solutions: The financial and balance sheet accounts -- International comparisons -- Defining final uses of GDP -- Exercises and solutions: Business accounts -- Exercises and solutions: Defining final uses of GDP -- The essential macroeconomic aggregates -- Exercises and solutions: The household account -- Exercises and solutions: Production: What it includes and excludes -- Distinguishing between volume and price increases -- Business accounts -- The household account -- Exercises and solutions: The national accounts machinery: Compilation and reporting -- Exercises and solutions: The input-output table and integrated economic accounts -- The financial and balance sheet accounts -- Exercises and solutions: The general government account -- The 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession: Reflections in the national accounts -- International systems of national accounts: Past and future -- The national income and product accounts of the United States -- The national accounts machinery: Compilation and reporting -- The general government account -- The input-output table and integrated economic accounts.
This second edition of Understanding National Accounts, that provides a comprehensive explanation of how national accounts are compiled, contains new data and new chapters, and is adapted to the new systems of national accounts, SNA 2008 and ESA 2010, that came into effect in September 2014. It approaches national accounts from a truly global perspective, with special chapters dedicated to international comparisons, globalisation and well-being as well as to the national systems used in major OECD economies, such as the United States. Each chapter of the manual uses practical examples to explain key concepts in national accounts in a clear and accessible way. And, each chapter concludes with a synthesis of key points covered in the chapter, followed by resources for further exploring the topic, and by a set of exercises to test your knowledge. It is an ideal guide to national accounts for students and other interested readers.
National income
Gross domestic product.