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Another Accounting Scandal: GDP

By Alan Thein Durning
Tidepool
02/26/2006

On February 28, government statisticians will release their preliminary estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2005. Investors and policymakers will watch this semi-official national report card for the effects of Christmas sales and dipping gasoline prices.

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