National accounts

A coherent, consistent and integrated set of macroeconomic accounts, balance sheets and tables based on a set of internationally agreed concepts, definitions, classifications and accounting rules. The accounts describe the national economy, namely transactions relating to products (domestic production, imports, consumption, investment and exports), distributive transactions (income and transfers) and the financial transactions of the main sectors (companies, households and general government) and the economy as a whole. These accounts provide a comprehensive accounting framework within which economic data can be compiled and presented in a format that is designed for purposes of economic analysis, decision-taking and policy-making.