The article named “Japan economy slides to recession”, written for B B C NEWS on 16th of February 2005, discusses the fall of gross domestic product (GDP) in the last three months of 2004 in the Japanese economy. GDP is defined as the sum of the money values of all final goods and services produced in the domestic economy during a specified period of time, usually 1 year. GDP is the most complete measure of the output of all the factories, offices, and shops in a country. Examples of such goods and services can range from agricultural products to health services, from computers to books, from guns to flowers, and from films to concerts.

A fall in GDP of Japan for the last three months of 2004 means that there was a fall in the money values of the final goods and services produced in the Japanese economy. There are three ways to calculate GDP and these are:
1- Expenditure approach which adds money values of the flow of expenditures made on all goods and services including......

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Title: Japanese Econocy
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