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Net Exports As A Percentage Of GDP Over Time

ByMike (Mish) Shedlock
Published 03/08/2018, 01:33 AM

Real Exports Of Goods And Services

A Tweet claims trade makes up close to 30% of GDP today vs. 19.8% in 1990. Let's investigate the claim.

Trade Makes Up More Of The US Economy Today

The Tweet makes the claim by adding up real exports and real imports and divides the total by real GDP. I created a chart in Fred.

(Real Exports + Real Imports) / Real GDP

Real Exports Of Goods And Services+Real Imports

I confirm the numbers but the idea seems silly. Why?

Exports add to GDP while imports subtract from GDP.

(Real Exports - Real Imports) / Real GDP

Real Net Exports As Percent Of GDP

(Real Exports - Real Imports) / Real GDP Details

Real Net Exports As Percent Of GD 2

The chart shows NET exports as a percentage of GDP.

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