What does GDP mean to a layman?

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The economic prosperity of a nation is measured by the percentage growth in GDP. A nation is made up of people. This means, the economic prosperity at the national level must be ‘felt’ by its population. Here are questions from a layman to an economist – when for example it is said a country’s GDP is growing by 7%:

Do I get 7% more (real) buying power?
Do 7% more people get jobs?
Does the country produce/consumer 7% more goods and services?
Or am I borrowing 7%

more – against my future income? Time for a new way of economic-accountability?

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