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Annual NIPA revision

Most Recent Annual Revision (2006)
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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Annual Estimates for 2003-2005 and Quarterly Estimates for 2003:I-2006:I | SCB, August 2006
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Image of a text bullet. Annual NIPA Revision: Newly Available Tables | SCB, August 2006
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List of NIPA Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Summary NIPA Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Domestic Product and Income Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Personal Income and Outlay Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Government Current Receipts and Expenditures Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Foreign Transactions Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Saving and Investment Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Income and Employment by Industry Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Supplemental Tables | SCB, August 2006
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Previous Annual Revisions
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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Annual Estimates for 2002-2004 and Quarterly Estimates for 2002:I-2005:I | SCB, August 2005
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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Annual Estimates, 2001-2003, and Quarterly Estimates, 2001:I-2004:I | SCB, August 2004
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Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods for 1993-2003 | SCB, September 2004
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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Annual Estimates, 1999-2001, and Quarterly Estimates, 1999:I-2002:I | SCB, August 2002
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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Annual Estimates, 1998-2000, and Quarterly Estimates, 1998:I-2001:I | SCB, August 2001
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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Annual Estimates, 1997-99, and Quarterly Estimates, 1997:I-2000:I | SCB, August 2000
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2003 Comprehensive Revision
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Errata: Sources of the Revisions to Selected Income Components | SCB, March 2004
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Improved Estimates of the National Income and Product Accounts for 1929-2002: Results of the Comprehensive Revision | SCB, February 2004
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Measuring the Services of Property-Casualty Insurance in the NIPAs: Changes in Concepts and Methods | SCB, October 2003
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Preview of the 2003 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Statistical Changes | SCB, September 2003
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Measuring the Services of Commercial Banks in the NIPAs: Changes in Concepts and Methods | SCB, September 2003
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Preview of the 2003 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: New and Redesigned Tables | SCB, August 2003
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Preview of the 2003 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Changes in Definitions and Classifications | SCB, June 2003
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Income and Outlays of Households and of Nonprofit Institutions Serving Households | SCB, April 2003
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Preview of Revised NIPA Estimates for 1997: Effects of Incorporating the 1997 Benchmark I-O Accounts and Proposed Definitional and Statistical Changes | SCB, January 2003
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Note on the Upcoming Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts | SCB, November, 2002
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Selected Issues in the Measurement of U.S. International Services | SCB, June 2002
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Methodological papers

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A Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States | September 2006
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Updated Summary NIPA Methodologies | SCB, November 2006
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Index to the NIPA Tables | SCB, May 2005
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Corporate Profits: Profits Before Tax, Profits Tax Liability, and Dividends: Methodology Paper | September 2002
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Recognition of Business and Government Expenditures for Software as Investment: Methodology and Quantitative Impacts, 1959-98 | May 2000
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Methodology, Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods in the United States, 1925-97 | September 2003
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Price Indexes for Selected Semiconductors, 1974-96 | SCB, February 1998
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The Measurement of Depreciation in the NIPA's | SCB, July 1997
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Improved Estimates of Fixed Reproducible Tangible Wealth, 1929-95 | SCB, May 1997
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Gross Domestic Product as a Measure of U.S. Production | SCB, August 1991
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MP-6: Personal Consumption Expenditures | June 1990
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MP-5: Government Transactions | September 2005
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MP-1: Introduction to National Economic Accounting | March 1985
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Conceptual basis for chain-type measures

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Chained-Dollar Indexes: Issues, Tips on Their Use, and Upcoming Changes | SCB, November 2003
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A Note on the Impact of Hedonics and Computers on Real GDP | SCB, December 2000
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BEA's Chain Indexes, Time Series, and Measures of Long-Term Economic Growth | SCB, May 1997 |
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Image of a text bullet. Preview: BEA's New Featured Measures of Output and Prices | SCB, July 1995 PDF Icon PDF Version (455 kb)
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Alternative Measures of Change in Real Output and Prices, Quarterly Estimates of 1959-92 | SCB, March 1993
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Alternative Measures of Change in Real Output and Prices | SCB, April 1992
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Economic Theory and BEA's Alternative Quantity and Price Indexes | SCB, April 1992
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Reliability

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Reliability of the NIPA Estimates of U.S. Economic Activity | SCB, February 2005
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Reliability of GDP and Related NIPA Estimates | SCB, January 2002
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Reliability of the Quarterly and Annual Estimates of GDP and Gross Domestic Income | SCB, December 1998
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Reliability and Accuracy of the Quarterly Estimates of GDP | SCB, October 1993
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Monthly overview of NIPA estimates

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GDP and the Economy: Advance Estimates for the Second Quarter of 2006 | SCB, August 2006
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NIPA-related articles

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GDP and Other Major NIPA Series for 1929-2006: II | SCB, August 2006
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Real Inventories, Sales, and Inventory-Sales Ratios for Manufacturing and Trade for the First Quarter of 2006 | SCB, July 2006
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Government Receipts and Expenditures: Estimates for the First Quarter of 2006 | SCB, June 2006
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Federal Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 2007 | SCB, March 2006
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Saving, Wealth, Investment, and the Current-Account Deficit | SCB, April 2005
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The NIPAs and the System of National Accounts | SCB, December 2004
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Federal Personal Income Tax Liabilities and Payments for 1959-2002 | SCB, December 2004
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Comparison of BEA Estimates of Personal Income and IRS Estimates of Adjusted Gross Income: New Estimates for 2002 and Revised Estimates for 2001 | SCB, November 2004
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Estimates of Real Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment by Function for 1959-2003 | SCB, October 2004
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Alternative Measures of Personal Saving | SCB, September 2004
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Note on the Profitability of Domestic Nonfinancial Corporations, 1960-2001 | SCB, September 2002
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Alternative Measures of Personal Saving | SCB, April 2002
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A Tribute to Robert Nathan | SCB, February 2002
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The Conversion of NIPA Inventories to NAICS | SCB, June 2001
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The North American Industry Classification System in BEA's Economic Accounts | SCB, May 2001
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Comparing NIPA Profits With S&P Profits | SCB, April 2001
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Measuring the New Economy | SCB, March 2001
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Trends in Consumer Spending, 1959-2000 | SCB, March 2001
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Motor Vehicles, 2000 | SCB, February 2001
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Government Spending by Function: A New Presentation | SCB, June 2000
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State and Local Government Fiscal Position in 1999 | SCB, May 2000
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Note on the Personal Saving Rate | SCB, February 1999
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Satellite Account for Research and Development | SCB, November 1994
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Disasters

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Frequently Asked Questions on the Treatment of Disasters in the National Accounts
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The Terrorist Attacks of September 11th as Reflected in the National Income and Product Accounts | SCB, November 2001
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Environment

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Accounting for Renewable and Environmental Resources | SCB, March 2000
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Accounting for Subsoil Mineral Resources | SCB, February 2000
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Assessing BEA's Prototype Integrated Economic and Environmental Satellite Accounts | SCB, November 1999
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Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditures, 1972-94 | SCB, September 1996
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Integrated Economic and Environmental Satellite Accounts | SCB, April 1994
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Accounting for Mineral Resources: Issues and BEA's Initial Estimates | SCB, April 1994
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1999 Comprehensive NIPA revision

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Improved Estimates of the NIPA's for 1929-99: Results of the comprehensive revision. | SCB, April 2000
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Improved Estimates of the National Income and Product Accounts for 1959-98: Results of the Comprehensive Revision | SCB, December 1999
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A Preview of the 1999 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Statistical Changes | SCB, October 1999
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A Preview of the 1999 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: New and Redesigned Tables | SCB, September 1999
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A Preview of the 1999 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Definitional and Classificational Changes | SCB, August 1999
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Earlier Comprehensive NIPA revision articles
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Preview of Revised NIPA Estimates for 1992 From the 1992 I-O Accounts | SCB, December 1997
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Preview of the Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: New and Redesigned Tables | SCB, October 1995
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Preview of the Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Recognition of Government Investment and Incorporation of a New Methodology for Calculating Depreciation | SCB, September 1995
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