Republic of Moldova: Technical Assistance Report-National Accounts Statistics Mission
IMF Staff Country Reports, September 23, 2022
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- Republic of Moldova: Technical Assistance Report-National Accounts Statistics Mission
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Bibliographic details
- Published: September 23, 2022
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400223181.002
Mission overview
- A national accounts statistics mission provided remote technical assistance in national accounts to the National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova (NBS) during January 17–28, 2022.
- The NBS has received extensive technical assistance from the IMF in recent years and has made good progress in improving the national accounts compilation.
- The GDP estimates are compiled according to the System of National Accounts, 2008.
Major technical improvements supported
- Improvements to the quarterly estimates of GDP.
- Implementation of chain-linked volume measures.
- Implementation of the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE rev.2).
- Assistance in improving the annual GDP estimates for 2014 to 2020 to take account of revised population data and other additional source data.
- Review and improvement of estimates of GDP in current prices by production and by expenditure categories.
- Compilation of estimates of GDP in volume terms (at prices of the previous year) by production and expenditure categories.
- Balancing of both sets of GDP estimates at current prices and in volume terms.
Key recommendation
- To improve the consistency and accuracy of the GDP estimates, the mission recommended that the NBS develop a system to compile supply and use tables on a regular basis.
Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Consumption, Financial statements, Household consumption, Housing, International organization, Monetary policy, National accounts, Public financial management (PFM)
- Keywords: commodity flow method, Consumption, Financial statements, GDP estimate, Household consumption, Housing, instrumentalities of the TA recipient, report constitute, staff team of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank staff
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- 1. Priority Recommendations