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Monthly Overview: National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) Estimates
Addressing Residual Seasonality
- Seasonal Adjustment in the National Income and Product Accounts: Results from the 2018 Comprehensive Update | SCB, August 2018 PDF
- Residual Seasonality in GDP and GDI: Findings and Next Steps | SCB, July 2016 PDF
Information on the 2018 Comprehensive Update
Information on previous revisions of the NIPA accounts
Concepts and Methods
- How BEA Accounts for Investment in Private Structures | February 2009 PDF
- NIPA Handbook: Concepts and Methods of the U.S. National Income and Product Accounts | October 2009 (updated to reflect the 2009 comprehensive revision) PDF
- NIPA Handbook, Chapter 5: Personal Consumption Expenditures | September 2009 PDF
The fifth chapter of the NIPA handbook, which discusses the concepts, source data, and estimating methods for personal consumption expenditures, is now available. - A Primer on BEA’s Government Accounts | SCB, March 2008 PDF
- Employee Stock Options and the National Economic Accounts | SCB, February 2008 PDF
- Measuring the Economy: A Primer on GDP and the National Income and Product Accounts | September 2007 PDF
- MP-1: An Introduction to the National Income and Product Accounts | SCB, September 2007 PDF
- Housing Services in the National Economic Accounts | September 2007 PDF
- MP-5: Government Transactions | September 2005 PDF
- The NIPAs and the System of National Accounts | SCB, June 2015 PDF
- Methodology, Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods in the United States, 1925-97 | September 2003 PDF
- Corporate Profits: Profits Before Tax, Profits Tax Liability, and Dividends: Methodology Paper | September 2002 PDF
- Recognition of Business and Government Expenditures for Software as Investment: Methodology and Quantitative Impacts, 1959-98 | May 2000 PDF
- Price Indexes for Selected Semiconductors, 1974-96 | February 1998 PDF
- The Measurement of Depreciation in the NIPA's | SCB, July 1997 PDF
- Improved Estimates of Fixed Reproducible Tangible Wealth, 1929-95 | SCB, May 1997 PDF
- Gross Domestic Product as a Measure of U.S. Production | SCB, August 1991 PDF
- MP-6: Personal Consumption Expenditures | June 1990 PDF
Chain-type Measures
- Chained-Dollar Indexes: Issues, Tips on Their Use, and Upcoming Changes | SCB, November 2003 PDF
- A Note on the Impact of Hedonics and Computers on Real GDP | SCB, December 2000 PDF
- BEA's Chain Indexes, Time Series, and Measures of Long-Term Economic Growth | SCB, May 1997 PDF
- Preview: BEA's New Featured Measures of Output and Prices | July 1995 PDF
- Alternative Measures of Change in Real Output and Prices, Quarterly Estimates of 1959-92 | March 1993 PDF
- Alternative Measures of Change in Real Output and Prices | April 1992 PDF
- Economic Theory and BEA's Alternative Quantity and Price Indexes | April 1992 PDF
Reliability
- Revisions to GDP, GDI, and Their Major Components | SCB, July 2011 PDF
- The Reliability of the GDP and GDI Estimates | SCB, February 2008 PDF
- Reliability of the NIPA Estimates of U.S. Economic Activity | SCB, February 2005 PDF
- Reliability of GDP and Related NIPA Estimates | SCB, January 2002 PDF
- Reliability of the Quarterly and Annual Estimates of GDP and Gross Domestic Income | SCB, December 1998 PDF
- Reliability and Accuracy of the Quarterly Estimates of GDP | SCB, October 1993 PDF
NIPA-related Articles
- NIPA Translation of the Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Budget | SCB, June 2009 PDF
- Real Inventories, Sales, and Inventory-Sales Ratios for Manufacturing and Trade, 2006:I–2009:II | SCB, October 2009 PDF
- Government Receipts and Expenditures Second Quarter of 2009 | SCB, September 2009 PDF
- Comparing the Consumer Price Index and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index | SCB, November 2007 PDF
- Comparison of BEA Estimates of Personal Income and IRS Estimates of Adjusted Gross Income: New Estimates for 2005 and Revised Estimates for 2004 | SCB, November 2007 PDF
- Federal Personal Income Tax Liabilities and Payments for 1959-2002 | SCB, November 2007 PDF
- Returns for Domestic Nonfinancial Business | SCB, May 2007 PDF
- Alternative Measures of Personal Saving | SCB, February 2007 PDF
- GDP and Other Major NIPA Series for 1929-2006: II | SCB, August 2006 PDF
- Federal Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 2007 | SCB, March 2006 PDF
- Saving, Wealth, Investment, and the Current-Account Deficit | SCB, April 2005 PDF
- Estimates of Real Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment by Function for 1959-2003 | SCB, October 2004 PDF
- Note on the Profitability of Domestic Nonfinancial Corporations, 1960-2001 | SCB, September 2002 PDF
- Comparing NIPA Profits With S&P Profits | SCB, April 2001 PDF
- Measuring the New Economy | SCB, March 2001 (PD)
- Trends in Consumer Spending, 1959-2000 | SCB, March 2001 PDF
NIPA-related Research Papers
- Papers
- A Reconciliation between the Consumer Price Index and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index by Clinton P. McCully, Brian C. Moyer, and Kenneth J. Stewart | September 2007 PDF
- An Overview of BEA's Source Data and Estimating Methods for Quarterly GDP by Arnold J. Katz | November 6-10, 2006 PDF
- The Role of Hedonic Methods in Measuring Real GDP in the United States by Dave Wasshausen and Brent R. Moulton | October 12-13, 2006 PDF
- Revisions to GDP Estimates in the U.S. by Dennis Fixler | October 7, 2004 PDF
- NIPA Corporate Profits and Reported Earnings: A Comparison and Measurement Issues by Charles Ian Mead, Brent R. Moulton, and Kenneth Petrick | January 3-5, 2004 PDF
- Working Papers
- This section provides links to research papers and analytical presentations prepared by BEA staff. The category includes papers that might be developed into formal papers or presentations at later dates. The views expressed in these papers are solely those of the authors and not necessarily those of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
- An Empirical Comparison of Methods for Temporal Distribution and Interpolation at the National Accounts (WP2007-03) by Baoline Chen | August 2007 PDF
- The Statistical Discrepancy (WP2007-01) by Bruce T. Grimm | March 2007 PDF
- Private Nonresidential Building and Apartment Prices (WP2006-7) by Leonard Loebach | November 2006 PDF
- Evaluating and Adjusting for Chain Drift in National Economic Accounts (WP2005-10) by Christian Ehemman | December 2005 PDF
- Chain Drift in Leading Superlative Indexes (WP2005-09) by Christian Ehemman | December 2005 PDF
- Another Look At Nonresidential Building Prices (WP2005-02) by Leonard J. Loebach | February 2005 PDF
- New Quality Adjusted Price Indexes for Nonresidential Structures (WP2003-03) by Bruce T. Grimm | October 27-28, 2003 PDF
- Revisions, Rationality, and Turning Points in GDP (WP2003-01) by Dennis J. Fixler and Bruce T. Grimm | January 3-5, 2003 PDF
- Information Processing Equipment and Software in the National Accounts (WP2002-02) by Bruce T. Grimm, Brent R. Moulton, and David B.Wasshausen | April 26-27, 2002 PDF
Disasters
- Frequently Asked Questions on the Treatment of Disasters in the National Accounts
- The Terrorist Attacks of September 11th as Reflected in the National Income and Product Accounts | SCB, November 2001 PDF
Environment
- Accounting for Renewable and Environmental Resources | SCB, March 2000 PDF
- Accounting for Subsoil Mineral Resources | SCB, February 2000 PDF
- Assessing BEA's Prototype Integrated Economic and Environmental Satellite Accounts | SCB, November 1999 PDF
- Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditures, 1972-94 | SCB, September 1996 PDF
- Integrated Economic and Environmental Satellite Accounts | SCB, April 1994 PDF
- Accounting for Mineral Resources: Issues and BEA's Initial Estimates | SCB, April 1994 PDF
1999 Comprehensive NIPA Revision
- Government Spending by Function: A New Presentation | SCB, June 2000 PDF
- Improved Estimates of the NIPA's for 1929-99: Results of the comprehensive revision | SCB, April 2000 PDF
- Improved Estimates of the National Income and Product Accounts for 1959-98: Results of the Comprehensive Revision | SCB, December 1999 PDF
- A Preview of the 1999 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Statistical Changes | SCB, October 1999 PDF
- A Preview of the 1999 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: New and Redesigned Tables | SCB,September 1999 PDF
- A Preview of the 1999 Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Definitional and Classificational Changes | SCB, August 1999 PDF
Earlier Comprehensive NIPA Revision Articles
- Government Spending by Function: A New Presentation | SCB, June 2000 PDF
- Preview of Revised NIPA Estimates for 1992 From the 1992 I-O Accounts | SCB, December 1997 PDF
- Preview of the Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: New and Redesigned Tables | SCB, October 1995 PDF
- Preview of the Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts: Recognition of Government Investment and Incorporation of a New Methodology for Calculating Depreciation | SCB, September 1995 PDF
On this page
- Monthly overview: NIPA estimates
- 2018 Comprehensive Update
- Information on previous revisions of the NIPA accounts
- Concepts and methods
- Chain-type measures
- Reliability
- NIPA-related articles
- NIPA-related research papers
- Disasters
- Environment
- 1999 Comprehensive NIPA revision
- Earlier Comprehensive NIPA revision articles