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December 2002 SUBJECT GUIDE VoLu82 M(2E002 ) This guide lists the major items that were published in the Survey or Cur- RENT Business in the January—December 2002 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 Newly Available Tables {September, 21 and Octo- A Tribute to Robert Nathan {February, 8} ber, 12} BEA’s Strategic Plan for 2001-2005 {May, 8} Business Situation Customer Service Report for Fiscal Year 2002 {Octo- Advance Estimates ber, 10} Fourth Quarter 2001 {February, 1} Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods for First Quarter 2002 {May, 1} 1925-2001 {September, 23} Second Quarter 2002 {August, 1} Schedule of BEA News Releases in 2003 {October, 148 Third Quarter 2002 {November, 1} and December, 134} Preliminary Estimates Fourth Quarter 2001 {March, 1} National First Quarter 2002 [June, 1} Federal budget estimates Effects of the Job Creation and Worker Assis- For Fiscal Year 2003 {March, 14} tance Act of 2002 [box, 14] Relation Between Budget and NIPA Estimates [box, Second Quarter 2002 {September, 1} 17] Third Quarter 2002 {December, 1} Federal personal income tax liabilities and payments Final Estimates Estimates for 1959-2000 {November, 21} Third Quarter 2001 {January, 1} Inventories, sales, and inventory-sales ratios for Fourth Quarter 2001 {April, 1} manufacturing and trade Retroactive Provisions of the Job Creation Third Quarter 2001 {January, 7} and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 [box, 6] Fourth Quarter 2001 {April, 11} First Quarter 2002 {July, 1} First Quarter 2002 {July, 8} Second Quarter 2002 {October, 1} Fourth Quarter 1998 to Second Quarter 2002 {Octo- Comparison of BEA Estimates of Personal Income ber, 7} and IRS Estimates of Adjusted Gross Income: National income and product accounts (NIPA’s) New Estimates for 2000 and Revised Estimates for Alternative Measures of Personal Saving {April, 1999 {November, 13} 13} Note on the Profitability of Domestic Nonfinancial Definition of National Income and Saving in the Corporations, 1960-2001 {September, 17} NIPA’s [box, 14] Note on the Upcoming Comprehensive Revision of Treatment of Owner-Occupied Housing in the the NIPA’s {November, 6} NIPA’s [box, 18] Reliability of GDP and Related NIPA Estimates {Jan- Annual Revision uary, 9} Annual Estimates, 1999-2001, and Quarterly Esti- Meaning of Revisions [box, 10] mates, 1999:I—-2002:I {August, 7} Vintages and Timing of Revisions [box, 11] Revisions to Wages and Salaries and to Profits Seasonal Adjustments [box, 20] [box, 24-25] Updated NIPA Tables {November, 8 and December, Gross Domestic Product and Other Major NIPA 17} Series, 1929—2002:I {August, 123} Updated Summary NIPA Methodologies {October, NIPA Tables {August, 36} 20} December 2002 SUBJECT GUIDE VoLu82 M(2E002 ) This guide lists the major items that were published in the Survey or Cur- RENT Business in the January—December 2002 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 Newly Available Tables {September, 21 and Octo- A Tribute to Robert Nathan {February, 8} ber, 12} BEA’s Strategic Plan for 2001-2005 {May, 8} Business Situation Customer Service Report for Fiscal Year 2002 {Octo- Advance Estimates ber, 10} Fourth Quarter 2001 {February, 1} Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods for First Quarter 2002 {May, 1} 1925-2001 {September, 23} Second Quarter 2002 {August, 1} Schedule of BEA News Releases in 2003 {October, 148 Third Quarter 2002 {November, 1} and December, 134} Preliminary Estimates Fourth Quarter 2001 {March, 1} National First Quarter 2002 [June, 1} Federal budget estimates Effects of the Job Creation and Worker Assis- For Fiscal Year 2003 {March, 14} tance Act of 2002 [box, 14] Relation Between Budget and NIPA Estimates [box, Second Quarter 2002 {September, 1} 17] Third Quarter 2002 {December, 1} Federal personal income tax liabilities and payments Final Estimates Estimates for 1959-2000 {November, 21} Third Quarter 2001 {January, 1} Inventories, sales, and inventory-sales ratios for Fourth Quarter 2001 {April, 1} manufacturing and trade Retroactive Provisions of the Job Creation Third Quarter 2001 {January, 7} and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 [box, 6] Fourth Quarter 2001 {April, 11} First Quarter 2002 {July, 1} First Quarter 2002 {July, 8} Second Quarter 2002 {October, 1} Fourth Quarter 1998 to Second Quarter 2002 {Octo- Comparison of BEA Estimates of Personal Income ber, 7} and IRS Estimates of Adjusted Gross Income: National income and product accounts (NIPA’s) New Estimates for 2000 and Revised Estimates for Alternative Measures of Personal Saving {April, 1999 {November, 13} 13} Note on the Profitability of Domestic Nonfinancial Definition of National Income and Saving in the Corporations, 1960-2001 {September, 17} NIPA’s [box, 14] Note on the Upcoming Comprehensive Revision of Treatment of Owner-Occupied Housing in the the NIPA’s {November, 6} NIPA’s [box, 18] Reliability of GDP and Related NIPA Estimates {Jan- Annual Revision uary, 9} Annual Estimates, 1999-2001, and Quarterly Esti- Meaning of Revisions [box, 10] mates, 1999:I—-2002:I {August, 7} Vintages and Timing of Revisions [box, 11] Revisions to Wages and Salaries and to Profits Seasonal Adjustments [box, 20] [box, 24-25] Updated NIPA Tables {November, 8 and December, Gross Domestic Product and Other Major NIPA 17} Series, 1929—2002:I {August, 123} Updated Summary NIPA Methodologies {October, NIPA Tables {August, 36} 20} December 2002 SURVEY OF CuRRENT BUSINESS Industry {October, 67} BEA’s Industry Accounts {February, 9} Effects of the Terrorist Attacks of September 11" Gross Domestic Product by Industry on Cross-Border Trade in Services [box, 73] A Progress Report on Accelerated Estimates {June, Delivery of Computer Services to Foreign Mar- 19} kets [box, 76] Estimates for 1999-2001 {November, 23} The 2001 Benchmark Survey of Selected Services Input-output accounts Transactions [box, 79] Benchmark of the United States, 1997 {December, Selected Issues in the Measurement of U.S. Interna- 19} tional Services {June, 36} The Input-Output Classification Systems [box, 24] What Are Insurance Services? [box, 38] The Input-Output Valuation of Transactions [box, U.S. international transactions 22] An Ownership-Based Framework of the U.S. Cur- Treatment of Secondary Products [box, 27] rent Account, 1989-99 {April, 25} A Preview of the 1997 Benchmark: New Detailed and Quarterly Estimates Summary Industries {August, 143} Third Quarter 2001 {January, 29} Effects of September 11" Terrorist Attacks [box, International 31] Direct investment positions: Country and industry Fourth Quarter and Year 2001 {April, 29} detail First Quarter 2002 {July, 41} For 2001 {July, 21} Second Quarter 2002 {October, 39} Foreign direct investment in the United States Reconciliation of the U.S.-Canadian Current Detail for Historical-Cost Position and Related Capi- Account, 2000 and 2001 {November, 42} tal and Income Flows, 2001 {September, 38} New Investment in 2001 {June, 28} Regional Operations of U.S. affiliates of foreign companies Gross state product by industry in 2000 {August, 149} Estimates for 1998-2000 {June, 57} International investment position of the United Local area personal income States Estimates for 1998-2000 {May, 60} Yearend 2001 {July, 10} Alternative Measures of County Employment and U.S. direct investment abroad Wages [box, 64] Detail for Historical-Cost Position and Related Capi- State personal income tal and Income Flows, 2001 {September, 68} Annual Revision Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies: Pre- Estimates for 1999-2001 {October, 125} liminary Results From the 1999 Benchmark Survey New Industry Classifications [box, 129] {March, 24} Per Capita Personal Income and State Personal New Industry Classifications [box, 31] Income, 2001 {May, 34} U.S. Multinational Companies: Operations in 2000 Note on the Estimates [box, 36-37] {December, 111} Quarterly Estimates U.S, international accounts Third Quarter 2001 {February, 20} Annual Revision, 1993-2001 {July, 33} Adjustments to State Personal Income for the U.S. international services September 11" Terrorist Attacks [box, 20] Cross-Border Trade First Quarter 2002 {August, 168} In 2001 and Sales Through Affiliates in 2000 Second Quarter 2002 {November, 55}