How do you get the whole, then? If investment category A increases by X, category B by Y, how come total investment doesn't grow by X+Y?
(Sorry if this is a stupid question)
(The
> difference, in the jargon of the trade, is called the residual.) For
> example, in 1998, real computer investment was up $137 billion, but
> producers durable equipment, the larger category, was up $109
> billion. Burke's exercise, then, is fairly meaningless.
>
> Nominal spending on computer investment contributed just 2% of
> nominal GDP growth in 1998, though, and the broader category of info
> processing equipment, just 5%; people talk as if this is the whole
> enchilada these days, but in purely dollar terms, it's more like
> salsa.
I assume you meant nominal spending _growth_ on computer investment and info processing
equipment?
>
> Doug
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