National Accounts National Accounts at a Glanceat a Glance
New OECD publication
National Accounts Working Party Meeting
Paris 4-6 November 2009
The OECD annual national accounts publications
• Volume I: Main Aggregates Country tables + Comparative tables
• Volumes IIa and IIb: Detailed tables• Volume IIIa: Financial Accounts - Flows • Volume IIIb: Financial Balance Sheets - Stocks• Volume IV: General Government Accounts
• National Accounts at a Glance
Objectives of the publication Indicator approach focusing on cross-country
comparisons Making the accounts more accessible using
meaningful indicators and charts Short definitions easy to understand
+ information on comparability issues Show the richness of the national accounts dataset Focus on measures other than GDP
(Stiglitz commission) Flexible content that may change
from year to year
An example
Content• Chapter 1: GDP• Chapter 2: Income• Chapter 3: Expenditure• Chapter 4: Production• Chapter 5: General government• Chapter 6: Capital• Annex
– A. Reference series– B. 2008 SNA – changes from 93 SNA– C. Glossary of main terms
Chapter 1: GDP
• Size of GDP• GDP growth• GDP per capita, OECD = 100
Chapter 2: Income
• Net national income per capita, OECD = 100• Household gross adjusted disposable income
per capita• Real net national income index• Net saving rate, % of GDP• Household net saving rate, % of HH disposable
income• Net lending/net borrowing by sector
Chapter 3: Expenditure• Household final consumption, % of GDP• Actual individual consumption• General government final consumption
expenditure• Gross fixed capital formation by asset• Investment in ICT• Gross fixed capital formation by sector• Exports and imports, annual growth rates in % • Terms of trade
Chapter 4: Production
• Gross value added at basic prices• Gross value added by activity, % of total• Contribution to gross value added growth by
activity• Compensation of employees by activity
Chapter 5: Government
• General government expenditure, % of GDP• Taxes in the SNA, % of GDP• Social contributions to government, % of GDP• Social benefits to households, % of GDP• Financial assets and liabilities of general
government, % of GDP
Chapter 6: Capital
• Net capital stock, year 2000 = 100• Consumption of fixed capital, % of GDP• Non-financial assets of households per capita
(dwellings and lands)• Financial assets of households by type of
financial asset
Comments and suggestions
• General comments on the publication• Comments on the selection of indicators • Any important missing information ?• Any suggestion to expand the content ?• Your experience with similar publication
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