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- From: kbanaian@bernard.pitzer.claremont.edu (King Banaian)
- Subject: Re: GDP and GNP
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- References: <1993Jan8.015030.23831@oracle.us.oracle.com> <1993Jan8.215117.23284@tc.cornell.edu> <1993Jan8.223758.13567@seq.uncwil.edu> <1993Jan9.000152.15495@cheshire.oxy.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:41:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan9.000152.15495@cheshire.oxy.edu> tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan8.223758.13567@seq.uncwil.edu> bgoffe@seq.uncwil.edu (
- Bill Goffe) writes:>
- >>GDP is the value of all output in a country (even if it is produced
- >>by a foreign firm in the U.S., say), while GNP (for the U.S.) is the
- >>value of output by U.S. firms. Thus, it includes output by U.S. firms
- >>outside the U.S. and does not include output by non-U.S. firms in the
- >>U.S. Thus, GDP better measures what is happening in the U.S.
- >>
- >>The change from GNP to GNP just recently occured in the U.S. I could
- >>be wrong here, but I think that the U.S. is among the last to do so.
- >>GDP if pretty much used around the world.
-
- The other reason offered for the change was that the revisions to GNP due to
- missed forecasts of foreign production by U.S. firms was getting fairly
- large. The size of the revisions, Commerce said, would drop with the
- switch to GDP. After seeing the revisions of third quarter 1992 GDP, I
- wonder if they're still singing this song.
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