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Measuring the Transition: A User's Viewon National Accounts in Russia
Author: Mr. Vincent Koen
Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 1994: Issue 006
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 Jan 1994
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451842258.001
ISBN:
9781451842258
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
26
Keywords:
WP; deflator; enterprise; stockbuilding; investment deflator; PPI inflation rates; price liberalization; rate of change; retail price index; enterprise profits; PPI sample; chained PPI; e. stockbuilding; dollar GDP estimate; Consumer price indexes; Inflation; Price indexes; Deflation; Eastern Europe; Central and Eastern Europe
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As Russia’s transition unfolds, the traditional national accounts concepts and reporting mechanisms become increasingly inadequate. As a result, the margin of error associated with basic price and quantity estimates widens substantially. A selection of key measurement and interpretation issues is discussed here, in operational rather than in methodological terms.
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IMF Working Papers
ISSN:
1018-5941
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