Discrepancies Between Quarterly GDP Estimates

September 1, 1997

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Adriaan M. Bloem Discrepancies Between Quarterly GDP Estimates, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed December 21, 2024

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Summary

Countries compiling quarterly estimates for gross domestic product (GDP) often use alternative approaches simultaneously. This may result in the publication of different measures of quarterly GDP and discrepancies between these measures. Such discrepancies are unavoidable, unless reconciliation takes place or the measures are mutually interdependent. This paper examines international practices in this respect, focusing on OECD member countries that publish quarterly GDP data. Of these, five publish GDP data with discrepancies—the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—and the paper examines causes and the development of these discrepancies.

Subject: Expenditure, GDP measurement, Income, National accounts, Personal income

Keywords: Current price, Expenditure estimate, Expenditure measure, GDP discrepancy, GDP estimate, GDP measurement, GDP reconciliation, Income, Income estimate, Income measure, Personal income, Procedure, Production estimate, Quarterly national accounts, WP

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39
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Working Paper No. 1997/123
Stock No:

WPIEA1231997
ISBN:

9781451854572
ISSN:

1018-5941

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