To: SeekAndFind
This is largely because the Bureau of Economic Analysis treats homeowners as landlords renting to themselves, and includes the rental value in GDP. This might be one of the dumbest statistical measures I've ever come across.
The BEA may as well consider each person's spending to be a byproduct of merely living, and consider "Oxygen Processing" as the top industry in every state.
5 posted on
08/01/2025 10:00:30 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("Although my eyes were open, they might just as well be closed.")
To: Alberta's Child
>> This might be one of the dumbest statistical measures I’ve ever come across.
LOL! Glad to see I’m not the only one! Filed under “Pretty (but) Useless Commentary”.
6 posted on
08/02/2025 12:18:13 AM PDT by
Nervous Tick
(Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
To: Alberta's Child
Thank you for the explanation. Much appreciated.
7 posted on
08/02/2025 1:19:38 AM PDT by
marktwain
To: Alberta's Child
I was going to raise the rent on myself so I’d have more income.
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