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by User23 1030 days ago
Not exactly. The definition of GDP is:

  GDP=C+G+I+NX
  where:
  C=Consumption
  G=Government spending
  I=Investment
  NX=Net exports
The production implied by C, G, and NX, is merely a lower bound. Excess production isn't capture in the GDP equation.