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Nominal GDP growth mixes real output growth with price change. Deflating by the GDP deflator isolates real growth, and dividing again by population growth gives per capita real growth — the figure that actually tracks changes in average living standards.
Real growth
Real growth = (1 + Nominal growth) / (1 + Deflator change) - 1
Per capita real growth
Per capita = (1 + Real growth) / (1 + Population growth) - 1
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Because the deflator covers everything in GDP — investment, government and exports — not just the consumer basket, so it is the correct deflator for output.
Because an economy growing at 3% with 2% population growth is barely improving average incomes.