Second, the integrated sector accounts bring together data on the financial and non-financial side within a unified framework, which provides an enhanced basis for the analysis of interaction between financial and real variables as well as interrelations across institutional sectors.
Looking at the flow-of-funds and the evolution of financial balance sheets in conjunction with savings, investment and consumption decisions more closely can help to better understand feedback loops between financial quantities and the real economy. Third, the accounts are already immensely valuable as an organizing device and consistent framework which co-determines what we see and shapes how we see things.