Joint meeting of the Advisory Expert Group on
National Accounts and national accounts users

Frankfurt am Main, 09 February 2006, from 11:00 to 16:00 (including 1 hour break for a buffet lunch)

Venue:
European Central Bank (Eurotower)
Conference room CVII, 2^nd floor
Kaiserstrasse 29
D-60311 Frankfurt am Main

List of participants  pdf 23 kB, en

Agenda

I. Welcoming statement: Mr. J.M. González Páramo (ECB Executive Board Member)  pdf 24 kB, en

II. Introductory remarks on the 1993 SNA review process and the role of the AEG: Ms. C. Carson (Project manager of the Update of the 1993 SNA)  pdf 31 kB, en

III. Session 1: The use of national/financial accounts for monetary and fiscal policy analysis;
chaired by Mr. J.M. González Páramo

• Presentation 1: The use of government accounts for the implementation of the SGP, and the SNA review;
  Mr. M. Buti (Director ECFIN-B (Economies of the Member States); European Commission)  pdf 143 kB, en,  pdf 77 kB, en
  
  Comments: D. Terlizzese (Director Research Department, Banca d’Italia)
  
  
• Presentation 2: Use of national accounts data in fiscal policy analysis;
  Mr. M. Hetemäki (Chairman of the EFC Sub-Committee on Statistics, ECOFIN)  pdf 58 kB, en
  
  Comments: Mr. O. Cousseran (Head of Monetary Research and Statistics Directorate, Banque de France)  pdf 40 kB, en
  
  
• Presentation 3: The use of national/financial accounts for monetary policy;
  Mr. P. Moutot (Deputy Director General Economics, ECB)  pdf 146 kB, en
  
  

IV. Session 2: The use of national accounts data in research projects, press and by the public at large;
chaired by Mr. Steven Keuning (Director General Statistics, ECB)

• Presentation 1: The Concept of Real National Income;
  Mr. M. Weale (Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London; Chairperson National Accounts Statistics Users' Group)  pdf 2.3 MB, en,  pdf 194 kB, en
  
  Comments: Mr. Ivo Havinga (United Nations Statistics and AEG member)
  
  
• Presentation 2: National Accounts Data and the Press: Consistency Counts;
  Mr. T. Barrett (Head of Worldwide Economic Data; Bloomberg News)  pdf 18 kB, en
  
  Comments: Mr. D. Fano (Head of research of Pioneer Investment (Unicredito))  pdf 21 kB, en
  
  
• Presentation 3: National Accounts in real time;
  Ms. L. Reichlin (Director General Research, ECB)  pdf 731 kB, en
  
  Comments: Mr. D. Brümmerhoff (Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Finanzwissenschaft, an der Universität Rostock)
  
  

V. Panel discussion: How the revision of the SNA could help in better fitting user needs;
chaired by Mr. S. Keuning

• Ms. C. Carson
  
• Ms. A. Harrison (Editor for the Update of the 1993 SNA)
  
• Mr. M. Hetemäki
  
• Mr. M. Buti
  
• Ms. M. Bohata (Deputy Director General Eurostat, European Commission)
  

Concluding remarks: Mr. S. Keuning  pdf 37 kB, en

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