gross domestic product
noun
: the gross national product excluding the value of net income earned abroad
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Migliano said his estimates were calculated using the NetBlocks COST tool, an economic model that measures the immediate impact on a nation’s gross domestic product when its digital economy is forced offline.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the third quarter report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis on state gross domestic product – a broad yardstick of business output.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
The lynchpin to it all is recognizing that 69% of gross domestic product, a rough though imperfect measure of the economy, is consumer spending.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Yet even under the best conditions, a growing body of evidence shows that the absolute decoupling of gross domestic product (GDP) from environmental degradation—growing the economy while simultaneously reducing resource use, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution—is impossible.
—Olivier De Schutter, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the third quarter report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis on state gross domestic product – a broad yardstick of business output.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
The lynchpin to it all is recognizing that 69% of gross domestic product, a rough though imperfect measure of the economy, is consumer spending.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Yet even under the best conditions, a growing body of evidence shows that the absolute decoupling of gross domestic product (GDP) from environmental degradation—growing the economy while simultaneously reducing resource use, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution—is impossible.
—Olivier De Schutter, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Gross domestic product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gross%20domestic%20product. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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