Prospects for Using SNA Applications in Analyzing the Impact of Economic Digitalization on the Dynamics of Macroeconomic Indicators

Alexander S. Abroskin – Leading Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor (Moscow, Russia). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Natalia A. Abroskina – Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The main drawback of the current practice of registering digitalization processes in the Russian economy and estimates of its size consists in the limited possibility of application of attained estimates in complex macroeconomic analysis. The article analyses methodological aspects of use of system of national accounts (SNA) apps as a basis for registering and analyzing digitalization processes on macroeconomic level. In the paper, SNA is addressed as an open and evolving system that under certain adjustments can be applied for registration of economic operations linked to the performance of digital economy and its structural elements.

The article was written on the basis of the RANEPA state assignment research programme.

Key words: macroeconomic analysis, SNA applications, system of national accounts, tables of formation and use of resources, digital economy.