Understanding National Accounts [electronic resource] /
Lequiller, François.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Blades, Derek.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
This manual explains what GDP and GNI and their components are and what they mean. It shows how they are used and what they are used for. And it does this in an easily understood way. Opening with a chapter showing how national accounts concepts relate to macroeconomics, the books goes on to systematically deal with volume and prices, international comparability, production, final uses, household accounts, business accounts, government accounts, and financial accounts. It also has chapter on how national accounts data are gathered and the history of the national accounts system. Three special chapters examine national accounts in China, India, and the United States. Previously published only in French, this manual has been revised and expanded to have a truly global perspective. 
Adapted and translated from: Manuel de comptabilité nationale.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
International systems of national accounts -- The essential macroeconomic aggregates -- International comparisons -- Distinguishing between volume and price increases -- The national income and product accounts of the united states (NIPA) -- Production: What it includes and excludes -- The national accounts machinery -- The input-output table and integrated economic accounts -- Defining final uses of GDP -- China's national accounts -- India's national accounts -- Business accounts -- The household account -- The financial and balance sheet accounts -- The general government account.
This manual explains what GDP and GNI and their components are and what they mean. It shows how they are used and what they are used for. And it does this in an easily understood way. Opening with a chapter showing how national accounts concepts relate to macroeconomics, the books goes on to systematically deal with volume and prices, international comparability, production, final uses, household accounts, business accounts, government accounts, and financial accounts. It also has chapter on how national accounts data are gathered and the history of the national accounts system. Three special chapters examine national accounts in China, India, and the United States. Previously published only in French, this manual has been revised and expanded to have a truly global perspective. 
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