All the terms used have been explained in the previous section with the exception of the statistical discrepancy.

This difference is known as the statistical discrepancy.

Thus, the statistical discrepancy is simply the difference between each GDP figure and the average.

Yet, some statistical discrepancies may remain.

The "errors and omissions" account functions as a mere balancing item to correct statistical discrepancies and should therefore be relatively small.

Caution in Discussion Dr. Palmer stressed that only at the extremes of height did any statistical discrepancies occur.

Actually, except for a statistical discrepancy, their net accumulation of dollar assets is equal to our current account deficit, which is roughly equal to our trade deficit.

Even if two-thirds of the statistical discrepancies exposed by Bacque could be accounted for by the chaos of the situation, there would still be a case to answer."

Net national product (NNP) is National Income plus or minus the statistical discrepancy that accumulates when aggregating data from millions of individual reports.

Mr. Barkan said that the problem was discovered by the review board at the same time that its executive director, Gene R. Lopez, began an audit to try to clear up statistical discrepancies that came to light as the board tried to prepare a report examining how many cases were substantiated each year.

A balance isn't always reflected in reported figures for the current and capital accounts, which might, for example, report a surplus for both accounts, but when this happens it always means something has been missed-most commonly, the operations of the country's central bank-and what has been missed is recorded in the statistical discrepancy term (the balancing item).