Chart of the week: the shifting picture of GDP growth

GDP figures for individual countries are under almost constant revision with most predictions too pessimistic – except for America.

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GDP figures are "under almostconstant revision", saysThe Economist, and the processcan last decades. In 1960, theofficial UK figure for growthin 1959 was 2.7%; in 2012, 18revisions later, it was 4.7%.

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