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December 2003 SUBJECT GUIDE Vo.uME 83 (2003) JANUARY—DECEMBER This guide lists the major items that were published in the Survey or Cur- RENT Business in the January—December 2003 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 Changes in Measuring the Services of Property-Casu- International Accounts {February, 7} alty Insurance {October, 10} Regional Accounts {March, 25} Comprehensive Revision Schedule of BEA News Releases in 2004 {September, Initial Results for 1929 Through Second Quarter 150 and December, 71} 2003 {December, 1} Preview of the 2003 Comprehensive Revision National Changes in Definitions and Classifications {June, Federal budget estimates 17} For Fiscal Year 2004 {March, 14} New and Redesigned Tables {August, 7} Inventories, sales, and inventory-sales ratios for Guide to the Reorganization of the NIPA Tables manufacturing and trade [box, 15] Third Quarter 2002 {January, 7} Statistical Changes {September, 17} Fourth Quarter 2002 {April, 10} Income and Outlays of Households and of Nonprofit First Quarter 2003 {July, 8} Institutions Serving Households {April, 13} Second Quarter 2003 {October, 7} Receipts and Expenditures of State Governments and National income and product accounts (NIPAs) of Local Governments, 1959-2001 {June, 36} Business Situation Preparing the Estimates [box, 36] Advance Estimates Revised NIPA Estimates for 1997: Effects of Incorpo- Fourth Quarter 2002 {February, 1} rating the 1997 Benchmark I-O Accounts and Pro- First Quarter 2003 {May, 1} posed Definitional and Statistical Changes Second Quarter 2003 {August, 1} {January, 10} Third Quarter 2003 {Noveinber, 1} NIPA Revision Cycle [box, 10] Preliminary Estimates Fourth Quarter 2002 {March, 1} Industry First Quarter 2003 {June, 1} Business Investment by Industry in the U.S. Economy Second Quarter 2003 {September, 1} for 1997 {November, 18} Final Estimates Gross Domestic Product by Industry for 2002 {May, 7} Third Quarter 2002 {January, 1} Information Technology and Productivity Fourth Quarter 2002 {April, 1} The Case of the Financial Sector {August, 32} First Quarter 2003 {July, 1} Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act International of 2003 [box, 7] Direct investment positions: Country and industry Second Quarter 2003 {October, 1} detail Chained-Dollar Indexes For 2002 {July, 22} Issues, Tips on Their Use, and Upcoming Changes New Industry Classifications [box, 26] {November, 8} Foreign direct investment in the United States Changes in Measuring the Services of Commercial Detail for Historical-Cost Position and Related Capi- Banks {September, 33} tal and Income Flows, 2002 {September, 46} Effect on GPD by Industry and on Gross State New Investment in 2002 {June, 55} Product [box, 40] Operations of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Companies December 2003 SUBJECT GUIDE Vo.uME 83 (2003) JANUARY—DECEMBER This guide lists the major items that were published in the Survey or Cur- RENT Business in the January—December 2003 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 Changes in Measuring the Services of Property-Casu- International Accounts {February, 7} alty Insurance {October, 10} Regional Accounts {March, 25} Comprehensive Revision Schedule of BEA News Releases in 2004 {September, Initial Results for 1929 Through Second Quarter 150 and December, 71} 2003 {December, 1} Preview of the 2003 Comprehensive Revision National Changes in Definitions and Classifications {June, Federal budget estimates 17} For Fiscal Year 2004 {March, 14} New and Redesigned Tables {August, 7} Inventories, sales, and inventory-sales ratios for Guide to the Reorganization of the NIPA Tables manufacturing and trade [box, 15] Third Quarter 2002 {January, 7} Statistical Changes {September, 17} Fourth Quarter 2002 {April, 10} Income and Outlays of Households and of Nonprofit First Quarter 2003 {July, 8} Institutions Serving Households {April, 13} Second Quarter 2003 {October, 7} Receipts and Expenditures of State Governments and National income and product accounts (NIPAs) of Local Governments, 1959-2001 {June, 36} Business Situation Preparing the Estimates [box, 36] Advance Estimates Revised NIPA Estimates for 1997: Effects of Incorpo- Fourth Quarter 2002 {February, 1} rating the 1997 Benchmark I-O Accounts and Pro- First Quarter 2003 {May, 1} posed Definitional and Statistical Changes Second Quarter 2003 {August, 1} {January, 10} Third Quarter 2003 {Noveinber, 1} NIPA Revision Cycle [box, 10] Preliminary Estimates Fourth Quarter 2002 {March, 1} Industry First Quarter 2003 {June, 1} Business Investment by Industry in the U.S. Economy Second Quarter 2003 {September, 1} for 1997 {November, 18} Final Estimates Gross Domestic Product by Industry for 2002 {May, 7} Third Quarter 2002 {January, 1} Information Technology and Productivity Fourth Quarter 2002 {April, 1} The Case of the Financial Sector {August, 32} First Quarter 2003 {July, 1} Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act International of 2003 [box, 7] Direct investment positions: Country and industry Second Quarter 2003 {October, 1} detail Chained-Dollar Indexes For 2002 {July, 22} Issues, Tips on Their Use, and Upcoming Changes New Industry Classifications [box, 26] {November, 8} Foreign direct investment in the United States Changes in Measuring the Services of Commercial Detail for Historical-Cost Position and Related Capi- Banks {September, 33} tal and Income Flows, 2002 {September, 46} Effect on GPD by Industry and on Gross State New Investment in 2002 {June, 55} Product [box, 40] Operations of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Companies December 2003 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS In 2001 {August, 38} First Quarter 2003 {July, 49} U.S. direct investment abroad Second Quarter 2003 {October, 28} Detail for Historical-Cost Position and Related Capi- Reconciliation of the U.S.-Canadian Current tal and Income Flows, 2002 {September, 96} Account, 2001 and 2002 {November, 72} Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies in 2001 The Effects of Revisions to Seasonal Factors on Revi- {November, 85} sions to Seasonally Adjusted Estimates: The Case of U.S. international investment position Exports and Imports {December, 43} Yearend 2002 {July, 12} U.S. international services Regional Cross-Border Trade in 2002 and Sales Through Affili- ates in 2001 {October, 58} Gross state product by industry Ongoing Efforts to Improve the Estimates of Inter- Estimates for 1999-2001 {June, 63} national Services [box, 62] Local area personal income Types of Cross-Border Services [box, 72-73] Estimates for 1999-2001 {May, 42} U.S. international transactions Alternative Measures of County Employment and Annual Estimates Wages [box, 45] For 2002 {April, 23} New Industry Classifications [box, 46] Annual Revision of the Accounts [box, 20] State personal income For 1992-2002 {July, 32} And Per Capita Personal Income, 2002 {May, 16} How BEA Aligns and Augments Source Data From Note on the Estimates [box, 18] the U.S. Treasury Department for Inclusion in the Annual Estimates for 2002 {August, 65} International Transactions Accounts {July, 46} Quarterly Estimates An Ownership-Based Framework oft he U.S. Current Third Quarter 2002 {February, 29} Account, 1989-2001 {January, 17} First Quarter 2003 {August, 58} Quarterly Estimates Second Quarter 2003 {November, 106} Third Quarter 2002 {January, 21} The Reliability of the State Personal Income Esti- Fourth Quarter {April, 18} mates {December, 52}