Paper presented at the Conference on Strengthening Sectoral Position and Flow Data in the Macroeconomic Accounts - Jointly organized by the IMF and OECD

Paper presented at the Third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) publishes annual statistics of state disposable personal income, the difference between state personal income and state personal current taxes. BEA also publishes annual statistics of personal income for sub-state areas, but BEA does not publish...

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) publishes annual estimates of state disposable personal income, the difference between state personal income and state personal current taxes. BEA also publishes annual estimates of personal income for sub-state areas, but BEA does not publish corresponding...

This work raises questions about what obsolescence is and whether it is properly accounted for in BEA's methodology