Sentence examples for gdp making from inspiring English sources

It would depend on oil for some 18% of its GDP, making it subject to shifts in global commodity prices.

Even at its peak, total spending on the programme amounted to only 0.8% of GDP, making it probably the most efficient employment programme ever.

Exports plus imports equal 160% of GDP, making the economy one of the world's most open.All this has kept government revenues buoyant despite cuts in import tariffs.

Together these countries account for about 40% of global GDP, making it one of America's biggest potential free-trade agreements (FTAs).

Exports are equivalent to merely one-tenth of GDP, making Japan less vulnerable to shocks from abroad than are its Asian neighbours.

This entertaining and informative book tells the story of GDP, making sense of a statistic that appears constantly in the news, business, and politics, and that seems to rule our lives but that hardly anyone actually understands.

In last year's ranking, the United States was 12th, and none of the top five nations in total GDP made it into the top five.

Yet Mr Abe already has the power to postpone the tax rise, and the drop in GDP makes the process still more straightforward.

WHEN the financial crisis hit, the G20, grouping together countries that produce more than 85% of the world's GDP, made all the right noises about trade.

But Mr. Trump's reported demand that the allies commit to doubling their spending targets, to 4percentt of GDP, made little sense.

Its average GNI growth rate over the past decade has also been about one percentage point less than on a GDP basis.Another flaw is that GDP makes no allowance for the depreciation of the capital stock.