[bko]

Chart goes up, but you really need to look at percent change. Over the last 25 years it's averaged about 2%

observation_date OPHNFB_PC1

2000-01-01 2.99256

2001-01-01 2.58092

2002-01-01 4.27146

2003-01-01 3.68422

2004-01-01 2.97991

2005-01-01 2.18582

2006-01-01 0.99665

2007-01-01 1.58927

2008-01-01 1.30737

2009-01-01 4.07061

2010-01-01 3.15513

2011-01-01 -0.02491

2012-01-01 0.93870

2013-01-01 0.59941

2014-01-01 1.00795

2015-01-01 1.27023

2016-01-01 0.61567

2017-01-01 1.49513

2018-01-01 1.40965

2019-01-01 2.13337

2020-01-01 5.30657

2021-01-01 2.06281

2022-01-01 -1.46786

2023-01-01 2.13277

2024-01-01 2.91010

2025-01-01 2.25154

[rsalus]

2% is average. 1-1.5% is considered a slump, while anything over 2.5% is considered a boom. for instance, the post-ww2 boom (1947-1972) averaged 2.9%. at that rate of growth, a country's total output per worker doubles in roughly ~25 years.

[ijidak]

Is this inflation adjusted?