Results of BEA’s first-time benchmark survey of selected private services with unaffiliated foreigners for 1986 and first-time annual follow-on surveys were incorporated into the accounts. Estimates were revised for 1986-1988. Estimates of business, professional, and technical services were expanded to include major categories such as computer and data processing services; installation, maintenance, and repair of equipment; and management and consulting services. Telecommunications services were expanded to include channel leasing and enhanced communications services. Estimates of primary insurance transactions were prepared for the first time to supplement existing estimates of reinsurance transactions.
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