I sometimes read assertions that the statistical methods used by the Commerce Department to calculate GDP no longer properly capture economic output because they don’t, for example, properly account ...

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the quantum of economic activities in a country, in monetary terms, over a period of time usually one year. Real GDP eliminates the impact of inflation by ...

GDP is a worthless calculation. It goes down as imports increase, it goes up as government spending does, and it increases not due to productivity, but if production of any kind has happened. In other ...

GDP is the total market value of final goods and services produced within a country's borders during a specified period. Final goods are those purchased by the end user, meaning that GDP excludes ...

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As you all know, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an important economic term that is used to represent the final value of goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific period of ...