Feeding the National Accounts (ICPSR 1220)

Version Date: Aug 28, 2000

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Principal Investigator(s):
Joseph Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01220.v1

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Summary

A complex tracking system called the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) is used to measure and monitor the United States economy. This article surveys the main data sources currently used in NIPA. It is not primarily an article about methodology, but focuses instead on the raw inputs to the process: Who is answering what kinds of questions? Closer acquaintance with the data sources behind the accounts highlights the considerable uncertainty about exact magnitudes of various aggregate quantities (and their growth rates) and the need for ongoing evaluation of the data collection efforts that support the accounts.

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Ritter, Joseph. Feeding the National Accounts. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000-08-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01220.v1

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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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2000-08-28

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Ritter, Joseph. Feeding the National Accounts. ICPSR01220-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000-08-28. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01220.v1

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