Why don't you spend 30mins learning about some basic definitions before opening countless such threads??
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Did you read the 1st sentence?
Growth rates are based on real GDP value. The nominal GDP value you mentioned are not of any value while calculating growth rate.
Even if you didn't know that, it just takes few seconds to verify.
If you want to selectively use such numbers, someone will point you that China's GDP increased by about $7 trillion since the COVID pandemic. Whereas US GDP increased by $4 trillion in same time frame.
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On other hand, some economists already argue that US GDP numbers are overrated.
The recently released second-quarter GDP data continues to signal that the US economy remains strong. Is recent GDP data overestimating US growth? Find out.
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Technically
GDI (not GDP) shows, US economy contracted for 2 consecutive quarters (2022 Q4, 2023 Q1) with a very marginal growth of 0.5% in 2023 Q2.
You know what, let me give you a more damning statistics.
For every $1 of GDP growth US is taking $5 of debt. Which means borrowing has become much less effective. Non-productive debt levels are soaring.
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You need to take a more nuanced approach to judge an economy rather than parroting the same stuff everywhere.