01701cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000455 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451854572 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Bloem, Adriaan. Discrepancies Between Quarterly GDP Estimates / Adriaan Bloem. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (39 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Countries compiling quarterly estimates for gross domestic product (GDP) often use alternative approaches simultaneously. This may result in the publication of different measures of quarterly GDP and discrepancies between these measures. Such discrepancies are unavoidable, unless reconciliation takes place or the measures are mutually interdependent. This paper examines international practices in this respect, focusing on OECD member countries that publish quarterly GDP data. Of these, five publish GDP data with discrepancies-the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand-and the paper examines causes and the development of these discrepancies. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/123 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1997/123/001.1997.issue-123-en.xml IMF e-Library