Macroeconomics 1st Edition by Dean Karlan,Jonathan Morduch

Exercise 14

In a press conference, the president of a small country displays a chart showing that GDP has risen by 10 percent every year for five years. He argues that this growth shows the brilliance of his economic policy. However, his chart uses nominal GDP numbers. What might be wrong with this chart? If you were a reporter at the press conference, what questions could you ask to get a more accurate picture of the country's economic growth?