01637cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007444 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451839494 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. United States : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (110 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <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 This Selected Issues paper on the United States analyzes problems in the measurement of output and prices. The paper examines income versus expenditure measures of national output. Sources of consumer price index and findings of the Boskin Commission are discussed, and mismeasurement of output and productivity is analyzed. Developments in productivity across industries in the United States are described. In particular, the paper focuses on the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth that began in the mid-1970s and examines whether this slowdown has continued in recent years and is common across industries. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1997/097 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1997/097/002.1997.issue-097-en.xml IMF e-Library