Gross National Product

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The term used in economics to describe the entire amount of finished products and services produced in a nation over a specific time period.
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Gross National Product (GNP) is the term used in economics to describe the entire amount of finished products and services produced in a nation over a specific time period, usually a year. 


It is comparable to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but GNP gauges the overall economic output of all citizens and enterprises inside a nation, regardless of where they are located.

No matter whether they are produced domestically or internationally, all commodities and services produced by a nation's people and businesses are included in the GNP. This comprises remittances from people who live and work abroad as well as revenues made by domestic businesses operating abroad.

Economists utilize a variety of indicators, such as government spending, net exports, investment spending, and consumer spending, to compute GNP. Being a measure of the overall size and growth of a nation's economy, GNP is a crucial indicator of that nation's economic health. GNP has significant limitations, nevertheless, and might not adequately reflect some aspects of a nation's economic performance, such as income inequality or environmental sustainability, much like all other economic statistics.
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