Integration of U.S. Macroeconomic Accounts: A Progress Report
By: Robert P. Parker
Robert P. Parker is Chief Statistician of the U.S. Government Accountability
Office.
This article reviews the results of this joint agency effort to provide
complete and integrated U.S. accounts. It discusses the new data prepared
as a result of this effort and the proposed work plan to eliminate some
of the major differences within the U.S. accounts and between the U.S.
accounts and the new international guidelines.