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In 2024, the U.S. GDP grew 2.8% compared to a 2.9% increase in 2023, according to an advance estimate of real gross domestic product from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, released Jan. 30.

The agency releases two versions of GDP each quarter: real, which strips out inflation, and nominal, which just looks at the numbers. “If you look at it in nominal terms, you miss a lot of the ...

The Budget’s nominal GDP growth target of 10.1 percent for FY26 is realistic, economists told Moneycontrol, highlighting that real GDP growth could settle around 6.5 percent for the coming fiscal.