Distinguish between money/nominal and real GDP. Which would be used to evaluate performance of a macroeconomic system and why?

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Distinguish between money/nominal and real GDP. Which would be used to evaluate performance of a macroeconomic system and why?

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Gross Domestic Product is the summation of the money value of all the final goods and services produced within the economy in a financial year. Thus, the goods and services which are final goods and services and produced in the financial year only will be included in the GDP calculation of the economy. The Nominal GDP and the real GDP are the two different ways of calculating the GDP of the economy.

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