In early​ 2017, policymakers at the Federal Reserve forecast that real GDP during 2017 would increase faster than potential GDP and that the inflation rate for the year would be about 1.9 percent.   ​Source: Federal Open Market​ Committee, "Advance Release of Table 1 of the Summary of Economic Projections to be Released with the FOMC​ Minutes," March​15, 2017.   Fill in the missing values in the table with estimates that are consistent with these forecasts. Assume that the growth rate for real GDP between 2016 and 2017 is 0.32 percentage points higher than the percentage change in potential output between those years​ (rounded to two decimal​ places).     2016 2017 Real GDP ​$16.7 trillion ​$nothing trillion Potential GDP ​$16.9 trillion ​$17.1 trillion GDP Deflator 111.5 nothing   ​(Enter your responses rounded to one decimal​ place.)

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In early​ 2017, policymakers at the Federal Reserve forecast that real GDP during 2017 would increase faster than potential GDP and that the inflation rate for the year would be about 1.9 percent.
 
​Source: Federal Open Market​ Committee, "Advance Release of Table 1 of the Summary of Economic Projections to be Released with the FOMC​ Minutes," March​15, 2017.
 
Fill in the missing values in the table with estimates that are consistent with these forecasts. Assume that the growth rate for real GDP between 2016 and 2017 is 0.32 percentage points higher than the percentage change in potential output between those years​ (rounded to two decimal​ places).
 
 
2016
2017
Real GDP
​$16.7 trillion
​$nothing
trillion
Potential GDP
​$16.9 trillion
​$17.1 trillion
GDP Deflator
111.5
nothing
 
​(Enter your responses rounded to one decimal​ place.)
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