National Accounts Experts' Meeting, 7 - 10 October 2003

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AT LA MUETTE "ROOM 2" INSTEAD OF AT LA DEFENSE "SALLE DES NATIONS - TOUR EUROPE" AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATE.

Heads of National Accounts
- List of Participants

Minutes (as at 8th January 2004) STD/NAES/M(2003)1

 

Draft Agenda

Morning 9:30 a.m. - 12 :45 p.m.;  afternoon 2:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Sessions are for information or for decision.  Delegates are notified that a session for decision may lead the chair to organize  a systematic state of opinion of all OECD member countries (i.e. a voting process).

October 7 (Common day with Working Party on Financial Statistics)- Morning
1.  Adoption of the draft agenda  [STD/NAES/A(2003)1]
Treatment of public pension schemes. This session is for information. No decision is expected  from the meeting at this stage of the discussion.
2.  Interim report of the moderator of the IMF EDG on pension schemes (IMF) [STD/NAES(2003)21] - PowerPoint:  M. de Rougemont
3.  Interim report of the European task forces on pension schemes (Dieter Glatzel or Luca Ascoli, Eurostat) [STD/NAES(2003)17] - PowerPoint: M. Besnard
4.  Recent developments in occupational pension plan accounting (Juan Yermo, OECD) [STD/NAES(2003)3]  - PowerPoint:  M. Yermo, M. Pater
October 7 -Afternoon
Non performing loans
5.  Report from the moderator of the IMF EDG on non performing loans (R. Freeman, IMF)  [STD/NAES(2003)22] - PowerPoint: M. Freeman
Final version at October 10, 2003
Information on OECD related work.  Session for information.
6.  External debt of developing countries (D. Guz, OECD) [oral report]PowerPoint: M. Guz
The ISWGNA program of work. Session for information.
7.  Work program for updating the SNA, paper prepared by the ISWGNA and presented by the ISWGNA chairman (B. Newson, Eurostat). [STD/NAES(2003)6] - PowerPoint: M. Newson
8.  An information note on updating the fifth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (J. Joisce, IMF) [STD/NAES(2003)5] - PowerPoint: M. Laliberté
9.  Conclusion and agenda of next WPFS

October 8- Morning
General government accounts. Session for information
10.  The joint project for harmonizing international standards on general government accounts (J.P. Dupuis, OECD)  [oral report] - PowerPoint: M. Laliberté
11.  OECD National Accounts: data base for the general government sector(J.P. Dupuis, OECD)  [STD/NAES(2003)19] - PowerPoint: M. Dupuis
12.  Comparison of data from the OECD Revenue Statistics and National Accounts (OECD, Chris Heady) [oral report] - PowerPoint: M. Heady
13.  Comparability of the perimeter of general government:
Sector classification of universities (J.P. Dupuis, OECD [STD/NAES(2003)29] -

Classification of universities (J.P. Dupuis, OECD)  [STD/NAES(2003)4] - PowerPoint:  M. Dupuis
Comparability of the perimeter of general government: UK (G. Jenkinson, ONS) [STD/NAES(2003)7] - PowerPoint: M. Jenkinson
The italian general government sector  (D. Collesi, D. Guerrucci, F. Nusperli -Istat) [STD/NAES(2003)16] - PowerPoint: M. Collesi

14.  Accrual accounting in Canada (K. Wilson and Terry Moore, Statcan, Canada) - PowerPoint: M. Moore
October 8- Afternoon
15. Measuring the production of financial corporations:  OECD task force on financial services (banking services) in National Accounts:  Session for decision.
- PowerPoint: M. Schreyer
Draft report of the task force on financial services:  final recommendations (P. Stauffer - OFS,  Switzerland,  P.Schreyer - OECD) [STD/NAES(2003)8]
- PowerPoint: M. Stauffer
Background report [STD/NAES(2003)9]
Summary and conclusions [STD/NAES(2003)10] - PowerPoint: M. Schreyer
Current developments in the allocation of FISIM. Session for information
16.  Measuring the Services of Commercial Banks in the US National Accounts: changes in concepts & methods (Brent Moulton, BEA) [STD/NAES(2003)20] - PowerPoint: M. Fixler
17.  Trial estimation of financial intermediation services indirectly measured (FISIM) in Japan  (Y. Onuki, ESRI) [STD/NAES(2003)15] - PowerPoint: M. Onuki
18.  The European regulation of FISIM (B. Newson, Eurostat) [STD/NAES(2003)13] and annex [available only on Internet]  - PowerPoint:  M. Newson

October 9 - Morning
19.  Report of the task force on insurance and catastrophe: final recommendations(F. Lequiller, OECD) Session for decision [STD/NAES(2003)2] - PowerPoint: M. Lequiller
20.  Comparability of productivity measures (OECD Working Paper) Session for information. [STD/NAES(2003)25] - PowerPoint: M. Lequiller
October 9 - Afternoon
21.  Comparability of saving rates and profit ratios (Joint ECB-OECD project, Ross Harvey, consultant) Session for information  [STD/NAES(2003)18] PowerPoint: M. Harvey
Collection and dissemination of national accounts data at the OECD. Session for information
22.  New features of the joint OECD-Eurostat questionnaire and the situation of annual accounts data in the OECD (M. Hainaut, OECD)
- PowerPoint: M. Hainaut
23.  Major changes in the presentation of the US National Accounts (Brent Moulton, BEA)  [STD/NAES(2003)23] - PowerPoint: M. Moulton
24.  The Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) database  (M. Harary, OECD) [STD/NAES(2003)28] - PowerPoint: M. Harary
25.  The collection of capital stocks data (C. Aspden, OECD) [STD/NAES(2003)24]  - PowerPoint: M. AspdenM. Schmalwasser
26.  The NAWWE project (R. Penlington, OECD) [oral report]
- PowerPoint: M. Penlington
27.  National accounts and PPPs: pending issues (Paul Schreyer, OECD)Session for information 

October 10
28.  First report of the Canberra II group on the measurement of non financial assets (C. Aspden, OECD), Session for information
Minutes of the first substantive meeting of the Canberra II Group [STD/NAES(2003)11]  - PowerPoint: M. Aspden
Draft agenda [STD/NAES(2003)12]
29.  Final recommendations on taxes on holding gains  (F. Lequiller, OECD) Session for decision  - PowerPoint: M. Lequiller
Open session. Session for information
30.  The estimation of the cash economy in Australia (T. Johnson, ABS, Australia). [STD/NAES(2003)26]  - PowerPoint: M. Johnson

31.   Measuring the volume of government outputs   (A. Pritchard, ONS - UK) [STDNAES(2003)14]  - PowerPoint: M. Jenkinson
32.  Conclusions and agenda of next meeting  [oral report]
33.  The 2004 survey on implementation of recommendations on software [oral report]  - PowerPoint: M. Lequiller
Room documents:

Measurement of Output, Value added, GDP in Canada and the United States: Similarities and Differences (Kishori Lal (Statcan) [Room document 1]
Public nature of funds accumulated in Polish open pension funds (R. Bielak, CSO of Poland [Room document 2]
Press releases on quarterly national accounts (R. Harvey, Joint ECB/OECD project on international comparability)  [Room document 3] "updated on 16 December 2003"
The implementation of the accrual method of recording for taxes & social contribution in Italy (E. Scafuri & A. Delsanto, Istat - Italy) [Room document 4]

For information: main items of the agenda of the first day of the Working Party on Financial Statistics (October 6, same room, 9:30)
 The new financial accounts database:
  -consolidation issues
  -classification issues
 Financial soundness indicators
 Statistical measurement issues with new instruments and the netting of balance sheets
 Information on WPPP work on pension statistics, electronic financial services, external debt of  developing countries

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