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http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15328727 http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cf... has an interesti

http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15328727 http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cf... has an interesting chart too, covering just the past decade or so but comparing a few developed countries. The Economist uses OECD data, which comes in somewhat lower than the data cited by the parent. I would be interested in knowing the reason for the difference between these numbers.

hga 17y ago
The difference is only three percentage points, and we're very close to the end of 2009, so it probably is based on different estimates of 2009 GDP. It'll be spring or nearly so before we have solid 2009 GDP figures, if I remember the various data reporting lags correctly.