At 07:42 AM 11/11/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>"The Japanese economy was in better condition than had been believed in
>the late 1990s, according to a new method for calculating gross domestic
>product introduced by the Economic Planning Agency last week. By including
>computer software investment in capital spending, the revision revealed
>that GDP grew slightly in fiscal 1997 [April to April], in contrast to the
>old method, which had indicated negative growth for the year. This is the
>first revision of the calculation method in 22 years.
similar reports have been made about the mis-measurement of European growth.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
