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Growth Rate of U.S. Newsprint Consumption and Real GDP

 
Year
Newsprint
Consumption1
(millions of metric tons)
Real Gross
Domestic Product
(billions)
1985
11.571
5,330
1986
11.943
5,490
1987
12.375
5,648
1988
12.338
5,863
1989
12.343
6,060
1990
12.198
6,139
1991
11.382
6,079
1992
11.622
6,244
1993
11.641
6,386
1994
11.935
6,609
19952
11,430
6,743
19962
11,069
6,995
19972
11,533
7,270
19983
11,665
7,552
 

1 48.8 gram standard newsprint.

2 Revised data

2 Preliminary data

Note: Real GDP numbers are chained 1992 dollars

Sources: Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (CPPA), U.S. Department of Commerce

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