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What Is The Finance Sector's Share of U.S Gross Domestic Product?

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"Combined, finance and insurance firms accounted for 8.4% of U.S. gross domestic product last year, according to the Commerce Department, eclipsing the peak it hit in 2006. In 1950, the financial sector accounted for just 2.8% of GDP."

Statistics Source: WSJ

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