re: Meanwhile, 2014 1st Quarter GDP 0.1%

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By my standards, that was quick:

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BEA will begin including the amount of money businesses invest in the production of such intellectual property as part of gross domestic product (GDP)

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So business investment is included in the GDP number now...

That means double accounting.

For example, company A spends $1,000,000 on a piece of investment capital from company B on a proposed product that has NOT sold on the market yet.

The BEA now counts $1,000,000 spent by company A and $1,00,000 sold by company B = $2,000,000 GDP.

ETA: LINK