Gathering additional information about high-tech medical equipment would not only round out our picture of high-tech equipment and components but also shed light on some, though certainly not all, of the questions that have been posed about the contribution of medical technology to health-care costs.
10 Let me leave price measurement and conclude with another area where innovative statistics are valuable for enhancing our understanding of the economy. As I mentioned previously, intangible capital is an important characteristic of dynamic firms. Currently, however, the government publishes no comprehensive statistics on intangible capital.