NYT Gets Real and Nominal GDP Mixed Up

A chart that accompanied an article about negotiations on Greece's debt showed that GDP had risen since 2007 in all the crisis countries except Ireland. This is not true. GDP is down in all of the crisis countries,

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                                       Source: IMF.

It appears that the chart in the NYT is showing nominal GDP. This has risen since 2007 but only as a result of higher prices. Real GDP has fallen in all five crisis countries. (Sorry, I left off Portugal.)