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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS December 2001 SuBJECT GUIDE VotumeE 81 (2001) This guide lists the major items that were published in the Survey or Current Business in the January—December 2001 issues. It gives the month of the issue and the beginning page number, and it includes selected boxes that are cited by title and page number. General Fourth Quarter 1997 to Second Quarter 2001 {Octo- BEA’s Preliminary Strategic Plan for 2001-2005 ber, 7} {December, 23} Motor vehicles Customer Service Report for Fiscal Year 2001 {Sep- In 2000 {February, 7} tember, 22} National income and product accounts (NIPA’s) Measuring the New Economy {M arch, 23} Annual Revision The North American Industry Classification System in Annual Estimates, 1998-2000, and Quarterly Esti- BEA’s Economic Accounts {M ay, 7} mates, 1998:I-2001:I {August, 7} The North American Product Classification System Tables {August, 34} [box, 7] Gross Domestic Product and Other Major NIPA NAICS Implementation in BEA’s Estimates of Inter- Series, 1929-2001:I {August, 121} national Investment [box, 13] Newly Available Tables {September, 24 and October, Ruggles and Ruggles—A National Income Accounting 10} Partnership {April, 14} Business Situation Schedule of BEA News Releases in 2002 {October, 116 Advance Estimates and December, 80} Fourth Quarter 2000 {February, 1} First Quarter 2001 {May, 1} National Second Quarter 2001 {August, 1} Federal budget estimates Third Quarter 2001 {November, 1} For Fiscal Year 2002 {May, 14} The Terrorist Attacks of September 11th as Relation Between Budget and NIPA Estimates {box, Reflected in the NIPA’s [box, 2] 17] Preliminary Estimates Federal personal income tax liabilities and payments Fourth Quarter 2000 {M arch, 1} Estimates for 1959-99 {December, 22} First Quarter 2001 {June, 1} Fixed assets and consumer durable goods Second Quarter 2001 {September, 1} 1925-2000 {September, 27} Third Quarter 2001 {December, 1} Gross domestic product by industry Final Estimates 1998-2000 {November, 17} Third Quarter 2000 {January, 1} Using the GDP-by-Industry Accounts Estimates Fourth Quarter 2000 {April, 1} [box, 22] First Quarter 2001 {July, 1} Input-output accounts Second Quarter 2001 {October, 1} Annual Accounts for 1997 {January, 9} Comparing NIPA Profits with S&P 500 Profits {April, Annual Accounts for 1998 {December, 41} 16} Upcoming Changes in the NAICS-Based 1997 Bench- Comparison of BEA Estimates of Personal Income and mark Input-Output Accounts {December, 71} IRS Estimates of Adjusted Gross Income, 1998-99 Inventories, sales, and inventory-sales ratios for man- {N ovember, 9} ufacturing and trade Gross Domestic Product and Other Major NIPA Third Quarter 2000 {January, 6} Series, 1929-2001:1 {August, 34} Fourth Quarter 2000 {April, 12} Index to the NIPA Tables {October, 42} Implementing the North American Industry Classi- Note on Profitability of Domestic Nonfinancial Cor- fication System [box, 12] porations, 1960-2000 {September, 19} First Quarter 2001 {June, 20} Alternative Measures of Rates of Return [box, 20] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS December 2001 SuBJECT GUIDE VotumeE 81 (2001) This guide lists the major items that were published in the Survey or Current Business in the January—December 2001 issues. It gives the month of the issue and the beginning page number, and it includes selected boxes that are cited by title and page number. General Fourth Quarter 1997 to Second Quarter 2001 {Octo- BEA’s Preliminary Strategic Plan for 2001-2005 ber, 7} {December, 23} Motor vehicles Customer Service Report for Fiscal Year 2001 {Sep- In 2000 {February, 7} tember, 22} National income and product accounts (NIPA’s) Measuring the New Economy {M arch, 23} Annual Revision The North American Industry Classification System in Annual Estimates, 1998-2000, and Quarterly Esti- BEA’s Economic Accounts {M ay, 7} mates, 1998:I-2001:I {August, 7} The North American Product Classification System Tables {August, 34} [box, 7] Gross Domestic Product and Other Major NIPA NAICS Implementation in BEA’s Estimates of Inter- Series, 1929-2001:I {August, 121} national Investment [box, 13] Newly Available Tables {September, 24 and October, Ruggles and Ruggles—A National Income Accounting 10} Partnership {April, 14} Business Situation Schedule of BEA News Releases in 2002 {October, 116 Advance Estimates and December, 80} Fourth Quarter 2000 {February, 1} First Quarter 2001 {May, 1} National Second Quarter 2001 {August, 1} Federal budget estimates Third Quarter 2001 {November, 1} For Fiscal Year 2002 {May, 14} The Terrorist Attacks of September 11th as Relation Between Budget and NIPA Estimates {box, Reflected in the NIPA’s [box, 2] 17] Preliminary Estimates Federal personal income tax liabilities and payments Fourth Quarter 2000 {M arch, 1} Estimates for 1959-99 {December, 22} First Quarter 2001 {June, 1} Fixed assets and consumer durable goods Second Quarter 2001 {September, 1} 1925-2000 {September, 27} Third Quarter 2001 {December, 1} Gross domestic product by industry Final Estimates 1998-2000 {November, 17} Third Quarter 2000 {January, 1} Using the GDP-by-Industry Accounts Estimates Fourth Quarter 2000 {April, 1} [box, 22] First Quarter 2001 {July, 1} Input-output accounts Second Quarter 2001 {October, 1} Annual Accounts for 1997 {January, 9} Comparing NIPA Profits with S&P 500 Profits {April, Annual Accounts for 1998 {December, 41} 16} Upcoming Changes in the NAICS-Based 1997 Bench- Comparison of BEA Estimates of Personal Income and mark Input-Output Accounts {December, 71} IRS Estimates of Adjusted Gross Income, 1998-99 Inventories, sales, and inventory-sales ratios for man- {N ovember, 9} ufacturing and trade Gross Domestic Product and Other Major NIPA Third Quarter 2000 {January, 6} Series, 1929-2001:1 {August, 34} Fourth Quarter 2000 {April, 12} Index to the NIPA Tables {October, 42} Implementing the North American Industry Classi- Note on Profitability of Domestic Nonfinancial Cor- fication System [box, 12] porations, 1960-2000 {September, 19} First Quarter 2001 {June, 20} Alternative Measures of Rates of Return [box, 20] SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Cecember 2001 e 79 Trends in Consumer Spending, 1959-2000 {March, U.S. international transactions 15} An Ownership-Based Framework oft he U.S. Current Personal Consumption Expenditures: Definition Account, 1982-98 {January, 44} and Coverage [box, 16] Quarterly Estimates An Upcoming Change in the NIPA Presentation of Third Quarter 2000 {January, 47} Private Inventories by Industry {June, 22} Fourth Quarter and Year 2000 {April, 21} Updated NIPA Tables {December, 18} First Quarter 2001 {July, 37} Updated Summary NIPA Methodologies {October, Second Quarter 2001 {October, 65} 18} Reconciliation of the U.S.-Canadian Current Account, 1999 and 2000 {November, 34} International Revised Estimates for 1989-2000 {July, 30} Direct investment positions: Country and industry detail Regional For 2000 {July, 16} Gross state product by industry Foreign direct investment in the United States Estimates for 1992-99 {A ugust, 159} Detail for Historical-Cost Position and Related Capital Local area personal income and Income Flows, 2000 {September, 40} Estimates for 1997-99 {M ay, 50} Errata {October, 98} Alternative Measures of County Employment and New Investment in 2000 {June, 27} Wages [box, 54] Operations in 1999 {August, 141} State personal income International investment position of the United States Annual Revision Yearend 2000 {July, 7} Estimates for 1998-2000 {October, 99} U.S. direct investment abroad Availability of State Per Capita Personal Income Detail for Historical-Cost Position and Related Capital Estimates [box, 79] and Income Flows, 2000 {September, 80} Revised Per Capita Estimates for 1991-2000 U.S. international services {November, 116} Cross-Border Trade Convergence in State Per Capita Personal Income, In Services, 1986—2000 {October, 94} 1950-99 {June, 36} In 2000 and Sales Through Affiliates in 1999 Personal Income and Per Capita Income by State, 2000 {N ovember, 49} {May, 24} Delivery of Computer Services to Foreign Markets Quarterly Estimates [box, 57] Third Quarter 2000 {February, 14} Changes in the Definition and Classification by First Quarter 2001 {August, 173} Industry of Sales of Services by Foreign Affili- Second Quarter 2001 {November, 97} ates [box, 58] Errata {December, 74}