Discrepancies between quarterly GDP estimates

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Label

Discrepancies between quarterly GDP estimates

Statement of responsibility

prepared by Adriaan M. Bloem [and others]

Contributor

• International Monetary Fund, Statistics Department
• Bloem, Adriaan M

Subject

• OECD countries
• Electronic books
• Gross domestic product
• Gross domestic product
• Gross donestic product -- OECD countries
• National income -- Accounting
• National income -- Accounting

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Annotation

Member of

• IMF working paper (Online) ;, WP/97/123
• IMF eLibrary

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

OCLCE

Government publication

international or intergovernmental publication

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Language note

English

LC call number

HG3881.5.I58

LC item number

W67 no.97/123 ONLINE

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

IMF Working Paper

Series volume

WP/97/123

Summary expansion

Countries compiling quarterly estimates for gross domestic product (GDP) often use alternative approaches simultaneously. This may result in the publication of different measures of quarterly GDP and discrepancies between these measures. Such discrepancies are unavoidable, unless reconciliation takes place or the measures are mutually interdependent. This paper examines international practices in this respect, focusing on OECD member countries that publish quarterly GDP data. of these, five publish GDP data with discrepanciesthe United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealandand the paper examines causes and the development of these discrepancies