黄胖胖, 下面的文字是节选自文章“Measuring the EconomyA Primer on GDP and the National Income and Product Accounts”。 e7# B?
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GDP is one of the most comprehensive and closely watched economic statistics: It is used by the White House and Congress to prepare the Federal budget, by the Federal Reserve to formulate monetary policy, by Wall Street as an indicator of economic activity, and by the business community to prepare forecasts of economic performance y,YK Mc
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But to fully understand an economy’s performance, one must ask not only “What is GDP?” (or “What is the value of the economy’s output?”), but other questions such as: “How much of the increase in GDP is the result of inflation and how much is an increase in real output?” “Who is producing the output of the economy?” “What output are they producing?” “What income is generated as a result of that production?” and “How is that income used (to consume more output, to invest, or to save for future consumption or investment)? @U)k~z2Hk
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