National Accounts

National accounts (www.oecd.org/std/national-accounts), according to the international standard SNA93, provide comparable macroeconomic data by countries. One of the major indicators is the gross domestic product (GDP). They provide also comprehensive data by institutional sector (general government, corporations, households, rest of the world etc.). Thus, one can find an assessment of the disposable income, saving, net borrowing / net lending, as well as of stocks of assets and liabilities of the sectors.

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OECD Quarterly output gap revisions database, August 2008

25-Jul-2008

This database allows users to assess the reliability of the first estimates of quarterly output gap of 15 OECD member countries that have a sufficient long history of seasonally adjusted quarterly Economic Outlook estimates to derive meaningful summary statistics.

GDP in the OECD area rose by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2008

20-May-2008

In the United States GDP grew by 0.1% in the first quarter of 2008, as in the previous quarter. Japan's GDP rose by 0.8%, following an increase of 0.6% in the previous quarter. GDP in the euro area rose by 0.7%, up from 0.4% in the previous quarter.

Quarterly Growth Rates of GDP, volume, for OECD Countries

Latest figures of Gross Domestic Product in volume, seasonally adjusted, percentage changes from previous period. Updated on a daily basis. Source: OECD Quarterly National Accounts Database.

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It covers expenditure based GDP, output based GDP, income based GDP, disposable income, saving and net lending, population and employment and includes comparative tables based on exchange rates and comparative tables.

National Accounts of OECD Countries, Main Aggregates, Volume I, 1995-2006, 2008 Edition

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This manual approaches national accounts from a truly global perspective.

Understanding National Accounts