Trump official floats new approach on GDP, as economy poised to slow sharply
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What if the U.S. just deleted government spending from GDP?
Government spending is tied up with consumer and business spending. Not reporting it as part of GDP would breach global accounting standards.
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Trump administration considers excluding government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
There are growing questions about whether the spending cuts pushed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency could ...
Musk and Lutnick want to measure GDP minus government. It’s already done and makes little difference.
The Trump administration wants to create a separate report about the economy that strips out the impact of government ...