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While it has been the general principle in most sections of this work, other than the last, to prefer ‘raw’ data to those which have been processed, there are no such things as raw national accounts statistics. Everything in this section is ‘synthetic’—the result of elaborate calculations by sophisticated statisticians. It is really impossible to summarise briefly all the complex operations involved, and the user who requires description of them is advised to consult the latest United Nations Yearbook of National Accounts Statistics, or for more detail the United Nations National Accounting Practices in Sixty Countries
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Mitchell, B.R. (1998). National Accounts. In: International Historical Statistics. International Historical Statistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14735-9_10
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