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The Great Depression is the most well-known and heavily researched economic
downturn in our nation’s history. Examine the following graph and answer the
questions.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
1. What does Gross Domestic Product tell us about the health of our economy?
2. According to the graph above, what happened to GDP after the First New
Deal Legislation was enacted?

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1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. It’s a broad indicator of overall economic activity: rising real GDP generally signals economic growth, more production and jobs, and improving economic health; falling real GDP signals contraction, higher unemployment, and a weaker economy. (GDP has limits as a measure of well‑being — it doesn’t capture income distribution, unpaid work, or environmental damage.)

2. According to the graph, GDP reached its low point around 1933 and then began to rise after the First New Deal legislation was enacted. In other words, the economy started to recover following those measures, although GDP did not immediately return to pre‑Depression (1929) levels and the recovery was later interrupted by the 1937–38 downturn.