If GDP rose and the GDP deflator fell,

A) real GDP definitely rose.
B) real GDP may have risen.
C) GDP probably stayed about the same.
D) GDP may have fallen.
E) GDP definitely fell.

GDP Deflator

A benchmark for the cost levels of all newly produced, national, final goods and services within an economy.

Real GDP

Gross Domestic Product adjusted for inflation, measuring the value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a year in constant prices.

GDP

Gross Domestic Product, the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period, used as a broad measure of its economic performance.