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GDP & Beyond: Measuring Economic Progress & Sustainability J. Steven Landefeld, Director SGE Annual Conference September 21st, 2009 www.bea.gov Long Standing Issue ▪ Kuznets original concerns regarding the scope of the original accounts ▪ "Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product, if we should judge America by that, counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors… Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play…it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans." -- Robert F. Kennedy Address, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, March 18, 1968 www.bea.gov 2 Long Standing Issue ▪ “The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.” -- President Barak Obama, Inaugural Address, Washington D.C., January 20, 2009 www.bea.gov 3 Long Standing Issue ▪ “The big question concerns whether GDP provides a good measure of living standards. In many cases, GDP statistics seem to suggest that the economy is doing far better than most citizens' own perceptions. Moreover, the focus on GDP creates conflicts: political leaders are told to maximize it, but citizens also demand that attention be paid to enhancing security, reducing pollution, and so forth - all of which might lower GDP growth. The fact that GDP may be a poor measure of well-being, or even of market activity, has, of course, long been recognized. But changes in society and the economy may have heightened the problems, at the same time that advances in economics and statistical techniques may have provided opportunities to improve our metrics.” -- Joseph Stiglitz, Economist.com, September 10th 2009 www.bea.gov 4 What Can We Do Within The NIPA’s: Economic Progress & Sustainability ▪ Measures of Economic Progress: Households Regions Business ▪ Measures of Sustainability: www.bea.gov GDP Investment Asset Prices Leverage 5 Percent Real GDP, Real DPI & Real Compensation 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 2.4 2.7 2.1 0.4 -1.0 Avg. growth, 2000-2007 Real GDP www.bea.gov 0.5 Real Disposable Personal Income 2008 Real Compensation 6 Household Income: Alternative Estimates 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.8 2.0 1.5 Percent 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -1.0 -1.5 -1.4 -2.0 Avg. growth, 2000-2007 Real GDP www.bea.gov Real DPI Real DPI per capita 2008 Real DPI less transfers per capita 7 Spendable Income: Cash Measures 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.1 Percent 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5 -1.0 Avg. growth, 2000-2007 Real DPI per capita www.bea.gov Real Compensation per worker -0.7 2008 Real Wages per worker 8 Percent Household Income: Cash Income* 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.4 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 -2.0 ** -0.4 -1.4 Avg. growth, 2000-2007 Real GDP Real DPI per capita 2008 Real discretionary income per capita * Cash income refers to income generated from the economy available for discretionary spending by households. This measure of Income excludes spending on such basics as food, shelter, clothing, child care, utilities, out of pocket medical care expenses, transportation and interest payments on consumer debt. Source: BEA NIPA data, deflated using PCE less food and energy price index. ** The slightly higher average annual growth rate in real DPI versus real discretionary income reflects the different deflators used to deflate each measure. The total PCE price index (used to deflate DPI) increased 2.3% from 2000-2002 and the PCE less food and energy price index (used to deflate discretionary income) increased 2.0%. Nominal DPI and discretionary income over the same time period increased 5.1% and 4.9%, respectively. www.bea.gov Regional Household Income Adjusting for regional price differences 10,000 8,000 7,423 $ Difference 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 -2,000 -4,000 -6,000 -8,000 -7,403 -10,000 West Virginia New York Source: BEA Regional data. www.bea.gov 10 Regional Household Income Impact of classifying retirement income in state of residence 14.0 12.5 12.0 $ Difference 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 -2.0 -4.0 -6.0 -4.7 Florida Maryland Source: BEA Regional data. www.bea.gov 11 Sustainability ▪ Measuring Sustainability: Long-Term Examples from Recent Experience www.bea.gov 12 Business Income: Real GDI & NDI 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.0 Percent 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -1.0 -0.9 -1.5 Avg. growth, 2000-2007 Real GDI 2008 Real NDI Source: BEA NIPA data www.bea.gov 13 Business Income: Real Gross & Net Domestic Investment 5.0 1.5 Percent 0.0 -1.9 -5.0 -5.5 -10.0 -15.0 -20.0 -21.9 -25.0 Avg. growth, 2000-2007 Real Gross Domestic Invest. 2008 Real Net Domestic Invest. Source: BEA NIPA data www.bea.gov 14 Housing & Personal Income Ratio of Residential Fixed Investment to Personal Income 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 19 70 19 72 19 74 19 76 19 78 19 80 19 82 19 84 19 86 19 88 19 90 19 92 19 94 19 96 19 98 20 00 20 02 20 04 20 06 20 08 0.0 www.bea.gov Source: BEA NIPA data & Federal Reserve Board Flow of Funds data 15 Equity prices, NIPA profits & GDP 100 90 80 1 9 49 =1 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1 949 195 4 1959 19 64 Nom inal GD P www.bea.gov 1 969 1974 19 79 "S& P clos ing prices" Source: BEA NIPA data, Standard and Poor’s data 19 84 1989 199 4 1999 2004 Dom estic P rofits from C urre nt Pdn. 16 Household asset values & savings 65000 1.60 60000 1.40 55000 Billions of dollars 45000 1.00 40000 35000 0.80 30000 0.60 25000 0.40 20000 15000 Index, 80Q1:1.00 1.20 50000 0.20 10000 0.00 5000 -0.20 80 Q 81 1 Q 82 1 Q 83 1 Q 84 1 Q 85 1 Q 86 1 Q 87 1 Q 88 1 Q 89 1 Q 90 1 Q 91 1 Q 92 1 Q 93 1 Q 94 1 Q 95 1 Q 96 1 Q 97 1 Q 98 1 Q 99 1 Q 00 1 Q 01 1 Q 02 1 Q 03 1 Q 04 1 Q 05 1 Q 06 1 Q 07 1 Q 08 1 Q 1 0 Net worth www.bea.gov Personal savings rate Net worth as % of DPI Source: BEA NIPA data & Federal Reserve Board Flow of Funds data 17 Business Sector Leveraging 1.20 1.15 1.10 1.05 1.00 0.95 0.90 0.85 19 70 19 72 19 74 19 76 19 78 19 80 19 82 19 84 19 86 19 88 19 90 19 92 19 94 19 96 19 98 20 00 20 02 20 04 20 06 0.80 Financial Business TL / TA www.bea.gov Source: BEA/FRB Integrated U.S. Macroeconomic accounts 18 Missing the Mark www.bea.gov 19 What Else Should We Highlight? ▪ The thrust of the Economist cover story (and others like it) is that economists failed to adequately incorporate risk and the financial sector into their models of the real economy ▪ We need to provide them with the toolkit to help do that. www.bea.gov 20