Sentence examples for contributed to gdp from inspiring English sources

The foreign-owned enterprise has not only contributed to GDP and exports, but also brought competitive pressure to local firms.

Office for National Statistics figures showed a sharp contraction in the construction sector, weaker manufacturing growth and a squeeze on consumer spending power contributed to GDP growth of 0.1% in the first quarter.

The availability of cheap labour has contributed to GDP growth of 5-7%—ronghly on a par with what Western economists reckon is Ethiopia's actual rate, though the official figures are twice as high.Kenya cannot rely on income from commodities, any more than Ethiopia can.

Federal government spending (both defense and nondefense) has increased and contributed to GDP growth, but it has been more than offset by declines in state and local government spending.

The profits contribute to GDP, and everyone benefits.

The first (gross fixed capital formation) measures investment in new physical assets, which contributes to GDP.

For example, American statisticians count firms' spending on computer software as investment, so it contributes to GDP.

Insisting that he wants a vibrant City to contribute to GDP, Myners says his intention is to promote discussion and debate.

What a worker contributes to GDP with an additional hour of work is that worker's hourly wage, whether that hourly wage is $6 or $60,000 an hour.

These results indicate that renewable/fossil energy use contributes to GDP and interacts indirectly with emissions, that an environmental Kuznets curve exists, and that the amount of produced nuclear energy correlates with emission.

There are some modestly encouraging features of the March trade data, although it looks likely that net trade was still only broadly flat in the first quarter so failed to contribute to GDP growth of 0.3% quarter-on-quarter.