Changes in Inventories in the National Accounts

Changes in Inventories in the National Accounts
Author: Mr.Segismundo Fassler
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2003-06-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451854293

The principles underlying the recording of changes in inventories are explained in the System of National Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA), but operational guidelines on their measurement are lacking. This paper elaborates specific statistical techniques and their underlying assumptions for calculating changes in inventories and holding gains when only data on stocks of inventories are available. Several data situations are considered. The authors propose methods for measuring changes in inventories that meet the 1993 SNA principles. The paper also explores possibilities for implementing the proposed improvements and explains the interpretation of data on changes in inventories.

System of National Accounts, 1993

System of National Accounts, 1993
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 778
Release: 1993-03-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789211613520

The 1993 SNA represents a major advance in national accounting. While updating and clarifying the 1968 SNA, the 1993 SNA provides the basis for improving compilation of national accounts statistics, promoting integration of economic and related statistics, and enhancing analysis of economic developments. The 1993 SNA deals more clearly with relationships between economic flows (such as production, income, savings, accumulation, and financing) and links between these flows and stocks. At the same time the 1993 SNA reflects the many significant developments that have taken place in financial markets and completes the integration of balance sheets into the system. The 1993 SNA also suggests how satellite accounts (e.g. environmental accounts) and alternative classifications (e.g., through social accounting matrices) an be used to augment the central framework of the system.

Understanding National Accounts Second Edition

Understanding National Accounts Second Edition
Author: Lequiller François
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2014-10-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9264214631

This is an update of OECD 2006 "Understanding National Accounts". It contains new data, new chapters and is adapted to the new systems of national accounts, SNA 2008 and ESA 2010.

Links Between Business Accounting and National Accounting

Links Between Business Accounting and National Accounting
Author: United Nations
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Accounting
ISBN: 9789211614275

This publication is one of a series of handbooks prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) to help countries, particularly developing countries, implement the 1993 system of national accounts (SNA). It attempts to cover the conceptual and practical aspects of linking business accounts to national accounts through countries' experiences. The handbook aims to provide a general guide to business accounts and the possibility of linking items in them to SNA concepts allowing for local rules and regulations. It cannot provide a set of concrete and detailed international guidelines due to the diversity of business account standards among countries and the extent to which business accounts are made available to statisticians. The main target audiences for this handbook are staff responsible for the compilation of national accounts although it is also a useful reference tool for those who prepare statistics for the preparation of national accounts.

Quarterly National Accounts Manual

Quarterly National Accounts Manual
Author: Mr.Adriaan M. Bloem
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2001-05-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781589060319

This Manual provides guidance to compilers of national accounts on the concepts, data sources, and compilation methods required for development of a system of quarterly national accounts. More and more countries are recognizing that quarterly national accounts are an essential tool for management and analysis of their economy. The Manual is intended particularly for compilers who already have a knowledge of annual national accounting concepts and methods, and provides techniques for the development of a consistent time series of annual and quarterly accounts. It serves as acomplement to the System of National Accounts 1993, which has only a limited discussion of quarterly accounts, and will also prove useful as a tool for sophisticated users of quarterly national accounts.

Financial Production, Flows and Stocks in the System of National Accounts

Financial Production, Flows and Stocks in the System of National Accounts
Author: United Nations
Publisher: Studies in Methods (Ser. F)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789211615777

This Handbook aims to provide practical guidance on the calculation and allocation of the production of various types of financial services and issues related to the compilation of the financial account and balance sheets by institutional sector in the context of from-whom-to-whom relationships. The Handbook complements the 2008 SNA and related manuals, handbooks and guides. The concepts are described and defined in line with the 2008 SNA. Where appropriate, illustrative worked examples with step-by-step guidance are provided in the Handbook to give compilers and users a better picture of how to apply and interpret the various concepts. The Handbook is useful for staff working in national statistical offices, national central banks, international organizations and other institutions engaged in collecting, compiling and disseminating national accounts data, specifically on the financial corporations sector and financial account, and for users requiring a better understanding of such data.

Understanding National Accounts

Understanding National Accounts
Author: Lequiller François
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2007-03-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264027653

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 uses practical examples and exercises to clearly explain these notions.

National Accounts at a Glance 2014

National Accounts at a Glance 2014
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2014-04-11
Genre:
ISBN: 926420685X

National Accounts at a Glance presents information using an "indicator" approach, focusing on cross-country comparisons.

Inflation Accounting A Manual on National Accounting Under Conditions of High Inflation

Inflation Accounting A Manual on National Accounting Under Conditions of High Inflation
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2003-08-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9264299513

Under inflation, national accounts at current as well as at constant prices will be seriously distorted unless special adjustment techniques are applied. By explaining these systematically, this book brings new insights into the measurement of income as well as the calculation of indices.