text: For example , in 2000 , GDP was $ 9,963 billion and GNP was $ 9,959 billion.b Given the relatively small difference between the two measures , the denominator has little effect on calculating saving as a share of the economy .
  
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  In 2000 the GNP was much higher than the GDP and the denominator had a large effect on calculating saving as a share of the economy .