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This book gives detailed information about the methods and data sources used to estimate one of the most important statistics for China – the national accounts. For the first time detailed information of this kind is published outside China. The introduction summarises the strengths and weaknesses of the methods used.

This 1998 edition of the National Accounts, Volume 1: Main Aggregates covers expenditure on the GDP, cost of components of GDP and finance of gross capital formation. These internationally comparative statistics are based on exchange rates ($US, volume and price indices) and purchasing power parities. Data are shown back to the 1960s through 1997 in most cases. They are generally expressed in national currencies but are also shown in US dollars for major aggregates and for country groupings for the OECD, OECD-Europe and the European Union.

The 1999 edition of the National Accounts: Main Aggregates, Volume I covers expenditure on the GDP, cost of components of GDP and finance of gross capital formation. These internationally comparative statistics are based on exchange rates ($US, volume and price indices) and purchasing power parities. Data are shown back to the 1960s in most cases. They are generally expressed in national currencies but are also shown in US dollars for major aggregates and for country groupings for the OECD, OECD-Europe and the European Union.

This 2000 edition of the National Accounts: Main Aggregates, Volume I covers expenditure on the GDP, cost of components of GDP and finance of gross capital formation. These internationally comparative statistics are based on exchange rates ($US, volume and price indices) and purchasing power parities. Data are shown back to the 1960s in most cases. They are generally expressed in national currencies but are also shown in US dollars for major aggregates and for country groupings for the OECD, OECD-Europe and the European Union.

This 2000 edition of the National Accounts of OECD Countries: Detailed Tables covers, in addition to main aggregates, detailed national accounts data for most OECD countries. It includes detailed breakdown by kind of activity for gross value added (current and constant 1995 prices), components of value added, gross fixed capital formation and employment. It also includes final consumption expenditure of households by purpose and simplified accounts for general government. Data are shown for 29 OECD countries back to 1988 in most cases, expressed in national currency. These data are, for the first time, based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for a majority of countries, but not all. In this issue, the national accounts for five OECD countries (Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA. THIS EDITION ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONAL DATA FOR 1999.

The 2001 edition of the National Accounts of OECD countries: Main Aggregates, Volume I covers expenditure based GDP, output based GDP, income based GDP, disposable income, saving and net lending, population and employment. It also includes comparative tables based on exchange rates and others based on purchasing power parities. Data are shown for 29 OECD countries back to 1988 in most cases, expressed in national currency, but also in US dollars for gross domestic product and household final consumption expenditure back to 1977. These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for a majority of countries, but not all. In this issue, the national accounts for four OECD countries (Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA.

The 2001 edition of the National Accounts of OECD Countries: Detailed Tables, Volume II covers, in addition to main aggregates, detailed national accounts data for most OECD countries. It includes detailed breakdown by kind of activity for gross value added (current and constant 1995 prices), components of value added, gross fixed capital formation and employment. It also includes final consumption expenditure of households by purpose and simplified accounts for general government. Detailed accounts by institutional sectors are only available on CD-ROM or on line or on OECD iLibrary. Data are shown for 30 OECD countries back to 1988 in most cases, expressed in national currency. These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for a majority of countries, but not all. In this issue, the national accounts for three OECD countries (New Zealand, Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA. This edition includes provisional data for the year 2000.

The 2002 edition of the National Accounts of OECD countries, Volume I: Main Aggregates covers expenditure based GDP, output based GDP, income based GDP, disposable income, saving and net lending, population and employment. It includes also comparative tables based on exchange rates and comparative tables based on purchasing power parities. Data are shown for 30 OECD countries back to 1989 in most cases, expressed in national currency, but also in US dollars for gross domestic product and household final consumption expenditure back to 1978. These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for a majority of countries, but not all. In this issue, the national accounts for two OECD countries (Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA.

The 2002 edition of the National Accounts of OECD Countries: Detailed Tables, Volume II covers, in addition to main aggregates, detailed national accounts data for most OECD countries. It includes detailed breakdowns by kind of activity for gross value added (current and constant 1995 prices), components of value added, gross fixed capital formation and employment. It also includes final consumption expenditure of households by purpose and simplified accounts for general government. Detailed accounts by institutional sectors (non-financial corporations, financial corporations, general government and its sub-sectors, households and non-profit institutions serving households) are only available on CD-ROM. Data are shown for 30 OECD countries, going back to 1989 in most cases, expressed in national currency (including in "euros" for euro area countries). These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for the majority of countries; the national accounts for two OECD countries (Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA. THIS EDITION ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONAL DATA FOR 2001

The 2003 edition of National Accounts of OECD Countries: Main Aggregates, Volume I covers expenditure based GDP, output based GDP, income based GDP, disposable income, saving and net lending, population and employment. It also includes comparative tables based on exchange rates and comparative tables based on purchasing power parities. Data are shown for 30 OECD countries and the euro area back to 1990 in most cases, expressed in national currency (in euros for euro area countries), but also in US dollars for gross domestic product and household final consumption expenditure back to 1979. These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for a majority of countries, but not all. In this issue, the national accounts for two OECD countries (Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA.

The 2003 edition of the National Accounts of OECD Countries: Detailed Tables, Volume II covers, in addition to main aggregates, detailed national accounts data for most OECD countries.  It includes detailed breakdowns by kind of activity for gross value added (current and constant 1995 prices), components of value added, gross fixed capital formation and employment.  It also includes final consumption expenditure of households by purpose and  simplified accounts for three main sectors (general government, corporations and households). Detailed accounts by institutional sectors (non-financial corporations, financial corporations, general government and its sub-sectors, households and non-profit institutions serving households) are only available on CD-ROM.  Data are shown for 30 OECD countries back to 1990 in most cases, expressed in national currency (including in "euro" for euro area countries).  These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for the majority of countries; the national accounts for two OECD countries (Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA. THIS ISSUE ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONAL DATA FOR 2002.

Covers financial accounts of OECD countries and includes financial transactions (both net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities), by institutional sector (non-financial corporations, financial corporations, general government, households and non-profit institutions serving households, total economy and rest of the world) and by financial operation. Data are shown for 23 OECD countries for the period from 1991 to 2002, when possible.