System of National Accounts 2008

Books, September 30, 2009

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Bibliographic details

• Published: September 30, 2009
• Series: Books
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9789211615227.071

Overview and purpose

• Joint publication of the United Nations, the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the World Bank.
• Presents the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA), a statistical framework providing a comprehensive, consistent and flexible set of macroeconomic accounts for policymaking, analysis and research purposes.
• Targets professionals in national accounts, policy makers, analysts, academia, and a broad range of users relying on macroeconomic information.

Key features and updates

• Reflects changes and improvements introduced to the System of National Accounts since the 1993 revision.
• Publication substantially updated from its previous version as a result of a multiyear collaborative project.
• Annex 3 provides a detailed description of the new features of the 2008 SNA.
• Includes practical new tools: a glossary of SNA terms and definitions and a comprehensive index.
• Provides an overarching framework for standards in other domains of economic statistics, facilitating integration and consistency with national accounts.

Expected impacts and uses

• Supports the implementation of international standards in national accounting.
• Provides the methodological basis for improving the international comparability of national accounts data.
• When adopting the 2008 SNA as the updated new standard of national accounting, the United Nations Statistical Commission encouraged all countries to compile and report their national accounts on the basis of the 2008 SNA as soon as possible.

Subject coverage and keywords

• Subjects: Business enterprises, Consumption, Economic sectors, Fiscal accounting and reporting, Income, Labor, National accounts, Public financial management (PFM)
• Keywords: Asia and Pacific, BOOK, Business enterprises, Caribbean, Consumption, consumption expenditure, Eastern Europe, economic value, Europe, Fiscal accounting and reporting, fixed capital capital formation, Global, government unit, Income, income account, net domestic product, Southern Africa, term enterprise