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Real vs Nominal GDP: Why It Matters

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FRED's GDPC1 series gets a callout before the deflator formula runs on 1990 and 2026 figures, nominal climbing from $6.0 to $28 trillion while real GDP moves only from $10.9 to $21.5 trillion, and 2017 sits where the two curves meet.

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