| Change | Components | Initial year of revision |
| Product-side changes | ||
| Commodity distribution of PCE for goods | PCE | 1993 |
| Improved estimates of new autos | PCE, private nonresidential equipment and software | 1988 |
| Improved estimates of used autos | PCE, private nonresidential equipment and software | 1993 |
| Improved estimates of electricity services | PCE | 1959 |
| Improved estimates of change in private inventories | Change in private inventories | |
| 1959 | ||
| 1977 | ||
| Income-side changes | ||
| Improved estimates of farm proprietors' income | Farm proprietors' income | 1969 |
| Improved estimates of rental income from nonfarm nonresidential properties | Rental income of persons | 1929 |
| Improved estimates of interest receipts of captive finance companies | Net interest | 1988 |
| Improved estimates of partnership income | Nonfarm proprietors' income | 1987 |
| Improved adjustment for foreign factor income | Corporate profits | 1987 |
| Improved adjustments for differences in the definition of investment | Corporate profits, nonfarm proprietors' income, CCA | 1986 |
| Improved depreciation-related changes: | ||
| CFC, CCAdj | 1982 | |
| CFC | 1929 | |
| CFC, CCA, CCAdj | 1984 | |
| State and local government taxes | State and local government receipts, IBT | 1985 |
| Quantities and prices | ||
| Improved estimates of banking services | PCE, government consumption expenditures and gross investment, exports | 1929 |
| Improved estimates of gross product of nonfinancial corporate business | Gross corporate product | 1977 |
| New prices: | ||
| PCE | 1988 | |
| PCE | 1993 | |
| PCE | 1988 | |
| Private nonresidential structures | 1996 | |
| Change in private inventories | 1983 | |
| Exports and imports of goods | 1985 | |
| Exports and imports of goods | 1993 | |
| Chain-type indexes and contributions to change | ||
| Updated reference year | All product components | 1929 |
| Improved Fisher calculation of chain-type quantity and price indexes | All product components | 1947 |
| Improved Federal Government indexes | Federal Government consumption expenditures and gross investment | 1972 |
| Improved formula for contributions to percent change | All product components | 1958 |
| Changes carried back from the 1997 and 1998 annual revisions/1/ | ||
| Improved indicator for trust services of commercial banks (1998) | PCE | 1991 |
| Improved indicator for cellular telephone services (1998) | PCE | 1985 |
| Improved methodology for change in private inventories (1998) | Change in private inventories, IVA | 1982 |
| Improved quarterly and monthly estimates of Federal personal income taxes (1998) | Federal Government receipts, personal tax and nontax payments | 1988 |
| New prices: | ||
| PCE, government consumption expenditures and gross investment | 1978 | |
| PCE | 1987 | |
| PCE | 1993 | |
| PCE | 1987 | |
| Private nonresidential equipment and software | 1985 | |
| Improved timing adjustment for weapons systems (1997) | Change in private inventories | 1991 |
1. The year in parentheses refers to the August issue of the SURVEY in which the change was described.
CCA Capital consumption allowance
CCAdj Capital consumption adjustment
CFC Consumption of fixed capital
IBT Indirect business taxes
IVA Inventory valuation adjustment
PCE Personal consumption expenditures