GDP Growth
Gross Domestic Product Growth
MacroeconomicsThe rate of change in the total value of goods and services produced in the economy, reported quarterly in real (inflation-adjusted) terms.
Why it matters
Long-run corporate earnings growth cannot durably exceed nominal GDP growth, which is why terminal growth rates in DCF models are capped near it.
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