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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Can RIMS multipliers be used to estimate the economic impacts of natural or man-made disasters?

  • How is State Personal Income affected by natural or man- made disasters?

  • How are the fixed assets accounts (FAAs) and consumption of fixed capital (CFC) impacted by disasters?

  • How are the measures of production and income in the national accounts affected by a disaster?

  • How are GDP by state and GDP by metropolitan area affected by natural or man-made disasters?

  • How are property and casualty insurance services measured in GDP?

  • How is consumption of fixed capital (CFC) impacted by disasters?

  • How are the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) payments caused by natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina treated in the NIPAs?

  • How are GDP and related income measures of the national accounts affected by a disaster?

  • What are the effects of hurricanes and other disasters on the international economic accounts?

  • How do losses recovered from foreign insurance companies following natural or man-made disasters affect foreign transactions, the current account balance, and net lending or net borrowing?

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