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Chart(s) Of The Day: A Decade Of GDP Revisions

By Tyler Durden
Created 07/30/2014 - 09:50
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Submitted by Tyler Durden [1] on 07/30/2014 09:50 -0500



 

What is the best word to describe GDP? One suggestion: changing.

Below we present select GDP data revisions over the past decade, from the initial release to the most recent, July 30 2014 [2], nudging of historical GDP data.

First, the "old normal" ancient past:

[3]

 

Then, the Great Financial Crisis years:

[4]

 

And finally, the post-central planning period:

[5]

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis [6] [6]

 

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[1] http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden
[2] http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/gdp2q13_adv.htm
[3] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2014/07-overflow/GDP%20revisions%202002-2007.jpg
[4] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2014/07-overflow/GDP%20revisions%202008-2010.jpg
[5] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2014/07-overflow/GDP%20revisions%202011-2014.jpg
[6] http://www.bea.gov/national/xls/GDP-GDI%20vintage%20history.xls