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The statistics corner: an ownership-based supplement to the U.S. balance of payments accounts.

From: Business Economics  |  Date: 4/1/1998  |  Author: Lowe, Jeffrey H.; Whichard, Obie G.

Reports on the performance of import-export companies in the US have traditionally presented information on the goods and services exchanged, as well as the income derived from the transaction. However, there has been a dearth of information on the nature of ownership of these firms such that transactions between unaffiliated firms and those between subsidiaries are lumped together. The Bureau of Economic Analysis has developed an alternative method of reporting that provides distinct ...

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