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Regional Input–Output Modeling System
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The BEA introduced the RIMS tool in the early 1970s; an enhancement of the framework was completed in the 1980s, introducing RIMS II, which is the current framework.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>The RIMS II framework is updated every few years with new data, depending on the resources available to the BEA. For example, after 2012, the BEA stopped releasing new updates to the multipliers. In 2015, the BEA began re-releasing the multipliers; they are generally released on an annual basis. </p> <h2 id="data">Data</h2> <p>The RIMS II framework currently encompasses multipliers for the "benchmark series". In past, the BEA also released an "annual series"; however, the annual series has been discontinued.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>The RIMS II benchmark multiplier system is based on national benchmark input–output data combined with regional data. Often, the national dataset is a few years behind the regional dataset. </p> <h2 id="releases">Releases</h2> <p>This list currently does not go through all releases of the BEA RIMS II multipliers, but does list the last few and the associated datasets: </p> <ul><li>2016, December (most recent): 2007 national benchmark input–output data and 2015 regional data</li> <li>2015, November: 2007 national benchmark input–output data and 2013 regional data</li> <li>2012, October: 2002 national benchmark input–output data and 2010 regional data</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Input%E2%80%93output_model/Wyxm5PXt">Input–output model</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Social_accounting_matrix/elhHoGkC">Social accounting matrix</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.bea.gov/regional/pdf/rims/rimsii_user_guide.pdf">2012 RIMS II User Guide</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"BEA : Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II)". <a href="https://www.bea.gov/regional/rims/" target="_blank">https://www.bea.gov/regional/rims/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Daley, William M., US Department of Commerce. March 1997. "Regional Mutlipliers: A User Handbook for the Regional Input–Output Modeling System (RIMS II)". Available at https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/regional/perinc/meth/rims2.pdf <a href="https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/regional/perinc/meth/rims2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/regional/perinc/meth/rims2.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"BEA RIMS II Online System". Retrieved February 1, 2018. <a href="https://www.bea.gov/regional/rims/rimsii/" target="_blank">https://www.bea.gov/regional/rims/rimsii/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Kester, Michael (February 23, 2017). "RIMS II Regional Multipliers Updated for First Time Since 2012". Retrieved February 2, 2018. <a href="https://iiusa.org/blog/rims-ii-regional-multipliers-updated-time-2012/" target="_blank">https://iiusa.org/blog/rims-ii-regional-multipliers-updated-time-2012/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>