1COMPARABILITY OF SAVING AND PROFIT RATIOSOECD National Accounts Experts MeetingChateau de la Muette, Paris7-10 October 20032Background Discussion of alternative household saving measures at October 2002 NAEM ECB/OECD project– Detailed examination of institutional sector accounts for the euro area, the United States and Japan with particular emphasis on household saving ratios, profit ratios and investment ratios Scope of this paper– Household saving ratios– Profit ratios3Household saving ratios Issues relating to the basic measure of the household saving ratio– Gross or net
– Include NPISH
– Change in net equity of households on pension funds– Adjusted household disposable income Proposed definition for use in OECD Statistical Databases (including Annex Table 24 of Economic Outlook)