@Brad_Setser Sir, how much does the 737 Max situation shave off of American GDP? Planes are expensive!
Those estimates I'm sure include the second order effects on their suppliers etc.? There's also a broken-window fallacy type situation. I'm sure they have to spend quite a bit to fix this.
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spending on fixes helps GDP -- what hurts is stopping production, and how that echos through the supply chain
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