India, March 3 -- US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick has said that the administration spending "could be separated" from gross domestic product reports in response to the questions whether the spending cuts pushed by Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could possibly cause an "economic downturn".

"You know, that governments historically have messed with GDP. They count government spending as part of GDP. So I'm going to separate those two and make it transparent," Lutnick told Fox News.

According to an AP report, such a move could "potentially complicate or distort a fundamental measure" of the American economy's health.

The government spending is traditionally included in the GDP because changes in taxes, spendi...