The Savings Rate

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Aug 5 13:49:04 PDT 1998


Jordan Hayes wrote:


>Capital gains count toward income if they are realized in
>a taxable account

Nope, not in the national income and product accounts. Income must be charged against production, so the two sides of the NIPAs balance. Since there is no product corresponding to a capital gain, it's not income.

Doug



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