A Guide to the NIPA ’ s I

of Economic Analysis presents revised estimates of the national income and product accounts (NIPA’s) for 1929–97 that reflect the most recent comprehensive revision of the NIPA’s and the 2000 annual NIPA revision.1 Estimates for 1998 forward that reflect the 2001 annual rethe NIPA’s, and the fourth section discusses the statistical conventions used for the NIPA estimates. An appendix lists the principal source data and methods used to prepare the estimates of gross domestic product (GDP). The remainder of the publication presents 147 NIPA tables.3 A Guide to the NIPA’s