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An Economy of Change
Our spinogram allows you to watch the U.S. economy change before your very eyes.
This spinogram depicts U.S. gross domestic product, divided into constituent sources. Column widths are proportional to a year’s real GDP, and each sector’s contribution to GDP is reflected in box height. Color intensity varies with historical relative magnitude of a sector’s contribution to GDP. Clearly shown is the service sector’s 25-year rise to dominance, paralleling a drop in the importance of manufacturing and increasing transportation production in periods of high energy prices. Numbers in billions of dollars.
Key to abbreviations:
• Agriculture, forestry and fishing
• Construction
• Durable goods manufacturing
• Finance, insurance and real estate
• Government
• Mining
• Nondurable goods manufacturing
• Retail trade services
• Service
• Transportation and public utilities
• Wholesale trade
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