Description

As from issue number 50, the Series of Economic Studies of the Central Bank of Chile will be called Studies in Economic Statistics.

In this paper we describe the main differences underlying government statistics which are published independently by the Office of the Budget of the Ministry of Finance and by the National Accounts Department of the Central Bank of Chile. The main sources of discrepancy are classified under three concepts: register base, institutional coverage and classification of items, knowledge of which should contribute to better interpreting this information and linking it properly to other macroeconomic aggregates.