Table 4. Historical revisions to growth rates of GDP and its major components, 1959-1998 
(percent per year)

Growth rate

Before revision

After revision

Difference

Real GDP

3.2

3.4

0.2

  Consumption

3.4

3.6

0.2

  Investment

4.2

4.6

0.4

    Nonresidential equipment and software

6.3

6.8

0.5

  Government

1.9

2.1

0.2

  Exports

6.9

7.0

0.1

  Imports

6.5

6.5

0.0

Source:  E.P. Seskin, “Improved Estimates of the National Income and Product Accounts for 1959-98: Results of the Comprehensive Revision,” Survey of Current Business (December 1999), pp. 15-43, web site www.bea.doc.gov/bea/an1.htm.

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