从1991年第3季度起,美国商务部改用国内生产总值替代国民生产总值来衡量经济增长,二者的区别在于:国内生产总值的统计对象是美国国内的本国居民和外国居民所生产的产品和提供的劳务;而国民生产总值的计算是以美国的本国居民为准,凡是他们创造的产品和提供的劳务不论是在国内还是在国外,都一律计算在内。故在二者之间,并没有很大的差别。 Starting from the third quarter of 1991, the U.S. Department of Commerce switched from GDP to GDP instead of GDP to measure economic growth. The difference between the two is that the target countries for GDP are the domestic residents and foreign residents in the United States Produced goods and services provided; and gross national product is calculated on the basis of the nationals of the United States, all products and services provided by them, whether domestically or abroad, are taken into account. Therefore, there is not much difference between the two.