The description of the process of developing national accounts for Bulgaria is instructive both for those using the accounts and for those undertaking similar work in other transition countries. This work is the result of collaboration begun in 1991 by the OECD and the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. The objective was to document and improve the methodology whereby estimates of national income according to international standards of the System of National Accounts are produced. This publication traces briefly the development of the Hungarian National Accounts and then describes how production accounts, generation, distribution and use of income accounts and capital accounts were compiled for the period 1988-91, indicating where and how the methods used deviate from international standards. Finally it discusses the future development of the Hungarian National Accounts.
Detailed tables accompany the explanations.
The new publication is scheduled for release in the first half of 1998. The Labour Market Indicators annex contains updated results from labour force surveys and other detailed market indicators. A construction confidence indicator is presented graphically for Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Romania, the Slovak Republic and the Russian Federation in the Recent Trends section in this issue. See the Indicators by Subject section. The Labour Market Indicators annex contains updated results from labour force surveys and other detailed market indicators.