Release:National Accounts articles: Detailed assessment of changes being introduced to balance of payments annual estimates, 1997 to 2016

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Release date:
30 August 2019 09:30

Next release:
To be announced

Changes to national accounts and balance of payments, detailing the improvements being made to UK National Accounts in Blue Book 2019 and Pink Book 2019

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