Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to U.S. economy, new report says. That number could be even bigger

Latinas contributed .3 trillion to U.S. economy, new report says. That number could be even bigger

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Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to 2021 U.S. gross domestic product, up from $661 billion in 2010, according to a recent report funded by Bank of America.
The economic output of Latinas was more than Florida’s economy that year, with only the GDP of California, Texas and New York being larger.
Still, some economists believe that Latinas’ total contribution to the country’s GDP could actually be more than what’s being reflected in the data.

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