national income
noun
: the aggregate of earnings from a nation's current production including compensation of employees, interest, rental income, and profits of business after taxes
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The bulls claim that trend justifies today’s valuations, and that EPS can keep rolling in double-digits while national income trudges at a nominal 5% or so.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
For much of the Cold War, Britain was spending between 4% and 8% of its annual national income on its military.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
It's intentionally being created as a technology that will move the distribution of national income from labor to capital.
—Katie Drummond, Wired News, 24 Mar. 2026
Aid to Ukraine is slow and increases in NATO defense budgets to 5% of national income are pledged for nine years from now – when few current leaders will be in power.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
For much of the Cold War, Britain was spending between 4% and 8% of its annual national income on its military.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
It's intentionally being created as a technology that will move the distribution of national income from labor to capital.
—Katie Drummond, Wired News, 24 Mar. 2026
Aid to Ukraine is slow and increases in NATO defense budgets to 5% of national income are pledged for nine years from now – when few current leaders will be in power.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for national income
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“National income.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20income. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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