>Economists at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis estimate GDP using thousands of data points gathered by other federal agencies and some private data collectors.
I presume these economists would ignore outliers such as that example, especially ones that would result in unrealistic sales tax or other tax liabilities.
>Who calculates GDP?
>Economists at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis estimate GDP using thousands of data points gathered by other federal agencies and some private data collectors.
I presume these economists would ignore outliers such as that example, especially ones that would result in unrealistic sales tax or other tax liabilities.
They have a spreadsheet showing sources here:
https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product#:~:text=...