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Work on Balanced Accounts in the CSO: History and Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2020

P.B. Kenny
P.B. Kenny*
Affiliation:
Central Statistical Office
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Abstract

A technique for producing balanced national accounts was described by Stone, Champernowne and Meade in 1942, but there has so far been little use of the method in official publications. This article describes the experimental work undertaken recently by the Central Statistical Office and offers a personal view of the potential for further development. A variation of the original method of Stone et al, called partitioned balancing, seems likely to be useful in complex cases.

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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 135 , February 1991 , pp. 79 - 85
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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