Final Uses

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Final Uses. The consumption of the goods and services that are produced and distributed in the economy. [1]

In the I-O accounts, final-use transactions consist of the transactions that make up the final-expenditure components of GDP:

  • Personal consumption expenditures
  • Private fixed investment
  • Change in private inventories
  • Exports of goods and services
  • Imports of goods and services and
  • Federal, state, and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment (including investment by government enterprises).

See Also

References

  1. Concepts and Methods of the US Input-Output Accounts. K.J.Horowitz, M.A.Planting, 2009