Measuring the Nation's Economy: An Industry Perspective | A Primer on BEA's Industry Accounts

This paper introduces new users to the basics of the U.S. industry economic accounts. It provides an overview of each of BEA’s industry accounts and how they may be used to answer a variety of questions about the U.S. economy, industry activity, and the flow of goods and services throughout the economy.

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• A Primer on BEA’s Industry Accounts
• I. Input-Output Accounts
  • The make table
  • The use table
• II. Impact Analysis
  • Redefinitions
  • Requirement tables
  • Other tables
• III. GDP by Industry Accounts
  • Value added
  • Intermediate inputs
  • Price growth
• IV. Satellite Accounts and Other Statistics
  • Other statistics
• V. A Note on Assumptions
• VI. Data Availability
• VII. Future Directions for the Industry Accounts
• References
• Appendix 1: The Value of Input-Output Transactions
• Appendix 2: Accessing the Industry Accounts Interactively
  • Input-Output accounts
  • GDP by industry accounts

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