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  • What is the Core PCE price index?

  • What changes in definitions and presentations will be introduced in the 2009 NIPA comprehensive revision?

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  • What is an implicit price deflator and where can I find the GNP IPD?

  • How has BEA revised personal saving and the personal saving rate over time?

  • How do the GDP accounts treat the Federal Reserve banks?

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  • Where do GSEs, like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, appear in the GDP accounts?

  • Where do government enterprises, like the U.S. Postal Service and local transit agencies, appear in the GDP accounts?

  • How do federal financial interventions, such as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, affect the national accounts?

  • What were the major changes to the U.S. international services tables in October 2008?

  • What are the sources of recent growth in U.S. exports of goods?

  • Recently, there have been significant differences in the GDP and the gross domestic purchases price indexes; which should I use?

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