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The way forward: conclusions and recommendations
Outlines potential improvements to the measurement of the financial sector and sectoral balance sheets
Author: Tony Clayton
Economic & Labour Market Review, vol 3, no 7, pp 51-52. ISSN: 1751-8334
The five previous articles represent a progress report on a project launched in the autumn of 2008 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in response to the financial crisis. This concluding article outlines a number of recommendations from this project – aimed at improving the measurement of the UK financial sector activities and the development of sectoral balance sheets for analysis and policy.