01971cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018609 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484363966 2075-8669 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Stanger, Michael. An Algorithm to Balance Supply and Use Tables / Michael Stanger. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (28 pages) Technical Notes and Manuals <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 A Supply and Use Table (SUT) serve to increase the quality of GDP and related aggregates by providing a framework to detect and resolve inconsistencies in data sources. SUTs are also a powerful analytical tool that permit users to access information on detailed production functions, consumption, export, and import baskets, or to derive input-output tables. SUT compilation is data intensive and requires a balancing process. The balancing procedure is labor intensive and generally requires several long and sometimes tedious iterations, which has an adverse effect on timeliness. This note describes a basic algorithm developed by the IMF to balance supply and use tables automatically, allowing a much faster SUT balancing process. For training purposes, this algorithm has been implemented as an Excel tool SUTB, making it operational almost globally. The optimization process is illustrated with an example. Mode of access: Internet Technical Notes and Manuals; Technical Notes and Manuals ; No. 2018/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/005/2018/003/005.2018.issue-003-en.xml IMF e-Library