The origins of national accounting can be traced back to the 17th century. However, modern national accounts have largely developed since the late 1940s, although some initial forays commenced a couple of decades earlier. The three most important standards for the economic accounts are those for...

Since the adoption of new methodological standards for European national accounts and balance of payments (BoP) statistics in 2014, both statistical domains should be directly comparable and fully consistent. The latter implies that data elements that describe the same economic phenomena related...