Economic statistics: new needs for the twenty-first century - opening remarks

Jamie B. Stewart

Economic Policy Review, 2003, issue Sep, No v.9 no.3, 3-4

Abstract: The purpose of this conference was to deepen our understanding of some of the key conceptual issues current facing those charged with measuring the performance of the U.S. economy and other economies around the globe. The speakers discussed recent efforts to improve economic and financial data and explore strategies for meeting the challenges that lay ahead. The conference focused on four key areas: 1) the measurement of intangible capital, 2) the measurement of service sector output, prices and productivity, 3) the measurement of international capital positions and flows, and 4) the use of hedonic indexes to measure prices while controlling for changes in quality.

Keywords: Industrial productivity - Measurement; Statistics; Index numbers (Economics); Prices; Accounting; Productivity; Economic indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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