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HARDBACK list:$29.95 Web:$26.95 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $23.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Understanding Business Dynamics: An Integrated Data System for America's Future Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy Other Related Titles Behind the Numbers: U.S. Trade in the World Economy (1992) Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (CBASSE) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 75   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. PART II Improving Data on Merchandise Trade, International Services Transactions, and Capital Flows Page 75 Front Matter (R1-R14) Summary of Major Conclusions and Recommendations (1-18) Introduction (19-30) Part 1: Enhancing the Usability of Data on U.S. International Transactions (31-32) 1. Supplementing the Balance-of-Payments Framework (33-45) 2. Extending the Comparability of International and Domestic Economic Data (46-62) 3. Developing a Flexible Data System for U.S. International Economic Activities (63-74) Part 2: Improving Data on Merchandise Trade, International Services Transactions, and Capital Flows (75-76) 4. Merchandise Trade (77-113) 5. International Services Transactions (114-155) 6. International Capital Flows (156-176) Appendix A: Sales and Purchases of Goods and Services Between Americans and Foreigners (177-186) Appendix B: Canvass of Data Users (187-220) Appendix C: A Comparison of U.S. Export Statistics With Those of Major Trading Partners (221-224) Appendix D: Variability in Month-to-Month Changes in the Seasonally Adjusted Merchandise Trade Balance (225-236) Appendix E: An Alternative Seasonal Adjustment Procedure for Merchandise Trade Data (237-244) Appendix F: Options for the Use of Sampling to Collect Merchandise Trade Data (245-257) Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff (258-263) Acronyms (264-266) References and Bibliography (267-284) Index (285-298)

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