Alex wants to measure the nominal 1998 GDP of $993 billion in 2008 dollars. From the data he gathered, he knows the deflator for 1998 is 30 and for 2008, it is 74, and that real interest in those years was 6.23% and 3.21% respectively. If he avoids making a misleading calculation, what will the value be?

A.$430 billion
B.$835 billion
C.$2,063 billion
D.$2,449 billion

ANSWER:

D.$2,449 billion