National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure Accounts
Capital account of economy, component
Capital account refers to the account that records acquisitions and disposals of non-financial assets as a result of transactions with other units, flows linked to production (such as changes in inventories and consumption of fixed capital) and the redistribution of wealth by means of capital transfers. Records the values of non-financial assets that are acquired, or disposed of, by resident institutional units by engaging in transactions and shows the change in net worth due to saving and capital transfers.
Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.
The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:
- Components of capital accounts, corporation
Data tables
- Current and capital accounts - Corporations Table: 380-0076
- Components of capital accounts, Institutional Sectors, except corporations and non-residents
Data tables
- Current and capital accounts - Households Table: 380-0072
- Current and capital accounts - Non-profit institutions serving households Table: 380-0075
- Components of capital accounts, non-resident
Data tables
- Current and capital accounts - Non-residents Table: 380-0082
- List of Components of Capital Account, General governments
Data tables
- List of Components of National Capital Account
Data tables
- Current and capital accounts - National Table: 380-0071
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