GDP Price Deflator and government manipulations debunked

[Daal]

I was begining to buy into the gold bugs arguments but it looks like they are wrong
http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/08/what_does_the_g.html

 

[vv111y]

http://stefanmikarlsson.blogspot.com/2008/08/gdp-terms-of-trade-issue.html

It doesn't end, oh no.... it just won't end.
Must it be so hard?

 

[daddyeaux]

the coconut guy cleverly omits Dollar devaluation

 

[Daal]

the guy from that link makes resonable arguments but thats not my point. I'm saying that the government is not likely to be cooking these numbers because the deflator is not supposed to measure the consumer inflation rate

 

[daddyeaux]

Quote from Daal:

I was begining to buy into the gold bugs arguments but it looks like they are wrong
http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/08/what_does_the_g.html

say what?

we're just getting started.

 

[achilles28]

Real GDP = Nominal GDP - Inflation (CPI).

CPI is too low = Real GDP too high.

Simple stuff.

 

[daddyeaux]

nope

http://www.financialsense.com/Market/wrapup.htm