Satellite Accounts

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Satellite Accounts. Supplemental accounts that expand the analytical capacity of the NIPAs and the I-O accounts by focusing on a particular aspect of economic activity.

Satellite accounts are designed to provide more detailed information within a framework that is conceptually and statistically consistent with BEA’s principal economic accounts.

Examples include the travel and tourism satellite accounts and the transportation satellite accounts.[1]

References

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