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Re:The Chinese Government Likely Borrowed More than the US i... by Harvey-Specter on Monday July 16, 2018 @10:31AM (#17541511)
> China's GDP is probably 10% of what they reported.

> other way around ... likely to be inflated, not suppressed.

If their GDP is actually 10% of what they report, then the reports are inflated.

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Re:The Chinese Government Likely Borrowed More than the US i... by RussianCow on Monday July 16, 2018 @10:35AM (#17541556)
Edit: Never mind, I can't read. :)

The comment you are replying to is suggesting that the actual figures are inflated, not the ones they report, meaning actual GDP is higher than reported GDP.

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Re:The Chinese Government Likely Borrowed More than the US i... by Harvey-Specter on Monday July 16, 2018 @10:42AM (#17541616)
That doesn't make any sense, and would be a really strange way to think about actual vs reported GDP.

The actual (real, factual) number just is what it is. The only number that can be inflated/suppressed/fudged/faked is the reported number.

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