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Real vs Nominal GDP: Why It Matters

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Dakota Hale works at the BEA, and you apply the deflator formula to convert 1990, 2010, and 2026 nominal GDP into real dollars, confirm the base-year check, read a real-vs-nominal chart for the crossover year, then fact-check a politician's claim of 27 percent growth in a memo.

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