Front Matter Page

Statistics Department

Contents

  • Abstract

  • I. Background

  • II. Cloud Computing Services

  • III. Cloud Computing—The Industry

  • IV. The Challenges Cloud Computing Poses for National Accountants

  • V. Updating Our Toolbox to Account For The Cloud

  • VI. Updating Classification Systems

  • VII. New Data Sources

  • VIII. Sample Sizes and Coverage

  • IX. Conceptual Challenges

  • X. What Difference This Makes To Our Users

  • XI. Conclusion

  • XII. References

  • Tables

  • 1. Traditional Model

  • 2. Cloud Model

  • 3. Cloud Model with Rationalization

  • 4. Cloud Model with Rationalization and Foreign Provision

  • 5. Cloud Model with Rationalization and Foreign Provision with Multiple Data Centers

  • 6. Data Needed to Measure Cloud Computing

  • Figures

  • 1. Global Cloud Computing Market Forecast

  • 2. Global laaS Cloud Computing Market Share

  • 3. Share of Businesses Purchasing Cloud Computing Services in OECD Countries

  • 4. Businesses Purchasing Cloud Computing Services (2018)

  • 5. Share of Businesses Purchasing Cloud Computing Services in OECD Countries

  • 6. Services Producer Price Index for Entrusted Computing Services

  • 7. Official U.S. PPI for Cloud-Related Activities and Byrne, Corrado, Sichel Indexes for Selected AWS Products

  • 8. Relative Size of Computer Services Export in OECD Countries

  • 9. Computer Services Export Ratio of Major Exporters

  • 10. Portion of Major Server (HS847150) Importers

  • 11. Share of Server Imports in Total Imports

Accounting for Cloud Computing in the National Accounts
Author: Mr. Andrew Baer, Mr. Kwangwon Lee, and James Tebrake