7.1 GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT

In 1962 Noel Butlin published estimates of Australia's gross domestic product (GDP), gross national product (GNP), and gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), covering the period from 1861 to the first official estimates of GNP in the year to June 1939. He also published price deflators for GDP and GFCF. Unfortunately Butlin's work did not extend to New Zealand, despite the fact that before ... ................
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