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Real vs Nominal GDP: Why It Matters

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Nominal GDP jumps from $6.0 trillion in 1990 to $28.0 trillion in 2026, and students apply the Real GDP formula across four deflator values to land on a true growth factor near 2x instead of 4.7x. A FRED-series check, GDP against GDPC1, catches any claim that confuses the two.

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