Between 2013 and 2016, a country's nominal GDP grew by 18 percent and its inflation rate (based on the chain-weighted price index for GDP) was 11 percent. How fast did real GDP grow over this period?
What will be an ideal response?
The growth rate for real GDP would have been 1.18 / 1.11 = 1.06, so real GDP grew by 6 percent over the period.
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