[lbo-talk] Debt write offs and GDP

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Fri Oct 31 07:40:06 PST 2003



> Does anyone one know how debt write offs affect GDP?

Follow up: My previous guess on that issue was wrong. A national accounts economist on our staff tells me that debt write off are recorded as negative capital gain (just as market losses are) and thus do not affect the GDP in any way.

Wojtek



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