The National Accounts Section of the Department of Statistics announced at the end of last week the release of the estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) for the period 2008 to 2012.

The 2012 figures are preliminary, 2011 are provisional, 2010 and 2009 are revised and the 2008 are final until the next historical revision.

The 2012 annual preliminary results are based on early estimates from major data sources such as The Central Bank of The Bahamas, Ministry of Tourism, and the Foreign Trade Section of the Department of Statistics, among others.

They are also based on indicators that normally mimic movements of particular industries such as hotel room rates, megawatt sales, building permits, chargeable telephone minutes, consumer price index, etc.

The 2012 GDP figures will be revised as more data become available.

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