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The performance of the economy has always been an important issue in our society. ... Measuring the nation’s output is very important when determining the nation’s economic performance. One of the most frequently used tools in determining economic performance is the Gross Domestic Product, or more easily referred to as the GDP. ... htm
The gross domestic product (GDP) provides the broadest measure of economic activity, and is considered the nation’s report card. ...
The economy’s average sustainable growth rate has historically been between 2. ... The 3 percent figure seems modest but actually it is a good indicator of strong economic growth as this rate infers that the output doubles every twenty-four years. ...
The Great Depression of the 1930’s, in particular, was a serious blow to the long run growth of the U.S. ...
In the 1970’s, and to a lesser degree in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, the United States experienced a much publicized productivity slowdown. This led to concern among some Americans that the nation was in relative economic decline. Significant slowdown of U.S. ... Many economists believe that a period of productivity stagnation contributed to the unusually high inflation rates of the 1970’s (McConnell and Brue, 1999).
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