Question 3/Chapter 6 Fill in the blanks in the following table of GDP statistics: Nominal GDP     2014/17,522         2016/18,707 Real GDP            2014/16,900            2015/17,387 GDP deflator      2016/205.9

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Fill in the blanks in the following table of GDP statistics:

Nominal GDP     2014/17,522         2016/18,707

Real GDP            2014/16,900            2015/17,387

GDP deflator      2016/205.9

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The GDP deflator is an economic instrument that indicates the new price level of all domestically produced goods and services in a country. It can be calculated as the ratio of the nominal gross domestic product with respect to the real gross domestic product for a given year. The GDP deflator is an indicator of the level of inflation in the economy.

GDPDeflator = Nominal GDPReal GDP×100                                              

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