Article wants to you to lament the effect of reduced illegal immigration vs last year because it is estimated to have decreased the GDP by 0.25%, but shows a graph indicating the total population would have gone up by more than that, indicating the reduction actually increases the GDP per capita. - Kotaku In Action 2

Article wants to you to lament the effect of reduced illegal immigration vs last year because it is estimated to have decreased the GDP by 0.25%, but shows a graph indicating the total population would have gone up by more than that, indicating the reduction actually increases the GDP per capita. (www.axios.com)

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– ernsithe 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0

Whether they do this by multiplying the increase by 12 or raising the ratio to the twelfth power, I am not sure.

Most likely using it to scale a model that includes seasonal fluctuation. Ex: If 5% of a year's inflows are typically in March, then 5k people in March would be an inflow 100k, annualized. Probably an attempt to have the bars compare changes due to policy and not weather/holidays.

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