Macro - economic analysis does not consider the actions of each institutional unit separately it considers the aggregate activities of similar institutions. So units are combined into groups called institutional sectors, some of which are divided into subsectors. Each sector and subsector groups together the institutional units which have a similar type of economic behaviour. Institutional units are grouped into sectors according to what kind of producer is and depending on their core activities and functions that are considered to be indicative of their economic behavior. Economic sectors are as follows: · Non-financial corporations · Financial corporations - Monetary financial institutions (MFIs) - Central bank - Other monetary financial institutions (OMFI) - Financial corporations except MFIs and Insurance corporations and pension funds (ICPFs) - Non-MMF investment funds - Other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds - Financial auxiliaries - Captive financial institutions and money lenders - ICPFs - Insurance corporations (IC) - Pension funds (PF) · General government - Central government (excluding social security funds) - State government (excluding social security funds) - Local government (excluding social security funds) - Social security funds · Households - Employers and own-account workers - Employees - Recipients of property and transfer income - Recipients of other transfers - Recipients of pensions - Recipients of property income · Non-profit institutions serving households · Rest of the world - Member States and institutions and bodies of the European Union - Member States of the European Union - Institutions and bodies of the European Union - Non-member countries and international organisations non-resident in the European Union |