UNITED NATIONS NATIONAL ACCOUNTS UN STATISTICS DIVISION Economic Statistics Branch National Accounts Section 1

SNA implementation strategy Meetings, training seminars and workshops Technical cooperation Manuals and handbooks Research Advocacy

Handbooks on National accounting The first handbook is: A Systems Approach to National Accounts Compilation The second handbook is: National Accounts: A Practical Introduction

Scope of SNA implementation The dimensions of the SNA compilation Micro data  Intermediate data after aggregation Intermediate data after changes to a national accounts format National accounts data after reconciliation Presentation and analysis of national accounts data

Scope of SNA implementation Statistical organisation, technical co-operation and training Micro data  Intermediate data after aggregation Intermediate data after changes to a national accounts format National accounts data after reconciliation Presentation and analysis of national accounts data Data processing

National Accounts: A Practical Introduction General objective to provide an introduction to some basic concepts and structures of the SNA complete system in Excel

National Accounts: A Practical Introduction 1. Select each sector below (yellow colour) for data entry or correction Non-financial corporations Public Private Financial corporations Central Bank Deposit taking corporations Insurance corporations Pension funds Other financial corporations General government Central government Local government Households and NPISH’s Households NPISH Rest of the world ROW 2. Select SNA final balancing when data entry for all sectors has been completed SNA balancing

Transactions and balancing items National Accounts: A Practical Introduction Deposit taking corporations Accounts Transactions and balancing items SNA approximation Adjustments Final value U R Production account etc. Output IC VA

Handbook of National Accounting A Systems Approach to National Accounts Compilation National Accounts: A Practical Introduction http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/handbooks.asp

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