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Finance Calculators

GDP Calculator (Expenditure Approach)

Calculate Gross Domestic Product (GDP) using the expenditure approach: consumption, investment, government spending and net exports.

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About the GDP Calculator (Expenditure Approach)

The expenditure approach calculates Gross Domestic Product by adding up everything spent within an economy: household consumption, business investment, government spending, and net exports (exports minus imports).

Formula: GDP = C + I + G + (X − M), where C is consumption, I is investment, G is government spending, X is exports and M is imports.

A negative net exports figure (a trade deficit, when imports exceed exports) reduces GDP, while a trade surplus adds to it — this is one of three standard approaches to measuring GDP, alongside the income and output approaches.

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