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[deleted] t1_j8hti19 wrote

Reply to comment by ismaelsow in [OC] Top 10 largest economies by average values of GDP by highcharts

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khalcyon2011 t1_j8hya2m wrote

Yeah, USA's nominal GDP is about $7 trillion more than China's, and the per Capita GDP of the US is much higher. There's some serious shenanigans going on here to put China about the US.

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ale_93113 t1_j8k2n7z wrote

Lmao, gdp ppp is what is used to calculate gdp growth figures you see all the time in the headlines

It's been the way to correct for currency fluctuations since the 1960s

How is it a manipulation to put china in top?

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