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Actually the term real GDP growth should be Nominal GDP growth minus Inflation. But the data is for further analyst and rarely included into the news media. Media just want to know GDP projection and real GDP (not projection anymore)
IMF or OECD when they show Real GDP growth number to the media, it means Nominal GDP growth number. They use the term real GDP to differenciate with their projection GDP growth figure
This is why Central Banks are so worried with inflation number, they even prefer to curb growth in order to curb inflation. See what The Fed is doing with inflation number that become the most important thing for them, they even dare to kill GDP growth in order to tame inflation growth. Those are Phd graduates in economics with long experience working as professional economist as well.
Inflation is tamed by reducing demand using interest rate increase, in technical words it means to reduce money circulation from real sector