Home Depot Real Gross Domestic Product (real GDP) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the measurement of growth within an economy. This indicator is widely used by economists when doing research and forecasting efforts. GDP is defined by Colander (2004) as "the market value of final goods and services produced in an economy, stated in the prices of a given year" (p. 2). ( Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2006) According to Steve Goldstein (2006), "Home Depot rose 3% in the pre-open after …showed first 75 words of 1277 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1277 total…MarketWatch. (2006). Home Depot Increases Profit Outlook: Records for operating margin, average ticket mark quarter. Retrieved April 16, 2006 from http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={57160971-FDAB-43DB-B942-773874A44019}&siteId=mktw NYU STERN. (nd). Retail Sales. Retrieved April 16, 2006 from http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/bci/RetailSales.htm Souers, Michael, (January 11, 2006), Business Week Online. Acquisition Builds up Home Depot, Retrieved on 4/16/06 from http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jan2006/pi20060111_5344_pi015.htm