year. Both the Total Gross Domestic Product and percentage of GDP real growth were increasing overall.
             GDP (bill. of U.S. $) 573966 584044 611602 631193 603978
             GDP Real Growth (%) N/A 2.3 1.6 3.7 3.1
             However as the numbers for 1998 indicate, the depreciation of the dollar definitely took a significant chunk out of the Total Gross Domestic Product, dropping it below 1996's levels. This is to be expected as a depreciated currency would effect the value of the products, however as pointed out before, nothing in growth rate eluded to the depreciation that took place in 1998.
             Similar to the growth rate, the inflation rate also had nothing to offer in terms of an indication of the lowering exchange rate. In fact, as highlighted below, the inflation rate was steadily declinin
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