National Accounts at a Glance 2014
National Accounts at a Glance presents information using an "indicator" approach, focusing on cross-country comparisons. The aim being to make the national accounts more accessible and informative, whilst, at the same time, taking the opportunity to present the conceptual underpinning of, and comparability issues inherent in, each of the indicators presented.
The range of indicators reflects the richness inherent in the national accounts dataset and encourages users to refocus some of the spotlight that is often placed on gross domestic product (GDP) to other economic important indicators, which may better respond to their needs. The publication is broken down into eight key chapters, and provides indicators related to GDP, income, disposable income, expenditure, production, household, government, corporations and capital respectively.
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Executive summary
What was the value of the goods and services produced within OECD countries? How much income was earned by residents of a country? How much income was received by households? Answers to these questions and more can be found in this edition of National Accounts at a Glance. This publication presents the wealth of information that is available within the integrated accounting framework of the System of National Accounts (SNA). National accounts have a key role in understanding the workings of the economy by providing information on the economic interactions taking place between different sectors of the economy (households, corporations, government, non-profit institutions, and the rest of the world) allowing for macroeconomic analysis and decision taking.
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