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Eco-economic decoupling between GDP growth and greenhouse gas emissions decrease. Many environmentalists argue that GDP is a poor measure of social progress because it does not take into account harm to the environment. [54] [55] In the language of economics, everything comes down to its monetary value. [56]
For oil-export-dependent economies, there could be substantial differences between real GDP and real GDI, due the effect of oil price volatility on the purchasing power in those countries. [1] [2] In the United States National Income and product accounts, the word GDI is use to define GDP calculated with income data rather than expenditure data ...
National income and output (billions of dollars) Period ending 2003 Gross national product: 11,063.3 Net U.S. income receipts from rest of the world: 55.2 U.S. income receipts: 329.1 U.S. income payments-273.9 Gross domestic product: 11,008.1 Private consumption of fixed capital: 1,135.9 Government consumption of fixed capital
In most countries, the difference between GDP and GNI are modest so that GDP can approximately be treated as total income of all the inhabitants as well, but in some countries, e.g. countries with very large net foreign assets (or debt), the difference may be considerable.
The economic growth rate is typically calculated as real Gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, real GDP per capita growth rate or GNI per capita growth. The "rate" of economic growth refers to the geometric annual rate of growth in GDP or GDP per capita between the first and the last year over a period of time. This growth rate represents ...
The U.S. saw 4.8% GDP growth in March 2006, but that was in the middle of the housing bubble -- an unsustainable lending and spending spree that led directly to the financial implosion of 2008.
The gross national income (GNI), previously known as gross national product (GNP), is the total amount of factor incomes earned by the residents of a country. It is equal to gross domestic product (GDP), plus factor incomes received from non-resident by residents, minus factor income paid by residents to non-resident. [2]: 44
Real GDP is an example of the distinction between real and nominal values in economics.Nominal gross domestic product is defined as the market value of all final goods produced in a geographical region, usually a country; this depends on the quantities of goods and services produced, and their respective prices.