Background Materials: Advisory Committee Meeting, May 14, 2004

Comparing Alternative Measures of Income

• Alternative Measures of Household Income: BEA Personal Income, CPS Money Income, and Beyond, by John Ruser (PDF - 251 KB)
• Pensions and Health Insurance: Variation Across Regions, by John Ruser and Keenan Dworak-Fisher (BLS) (PDF - 251 KB)

BEA Data Detail: New Guidelines

• BEA Data Detail Guidelines, by Dennis Fixler (PDF - 16 KB)
  *see also Supplememtal Estimates

International Guidelines are Being Revised

• System of National Accounts, by Brent Moulton (PDF - 41 KB)
• Revising International Standards: Balance of Payments, by Ralph Kozlow (PDF - 13 KB)