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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
How would destroying the Death Star affect Imperial GDP in the short long and medium term?
gpt
In all likelihood, the fear and instability generated by the rebels would result in a sharp decrease in investment and a drop in asset prices, in much the same way 9/11 caused the same on Wall Street. Imperial GDP growth would consequently slow significantly in the short term.

In the medium term, it gets a little murkier. This drop in asset prices could send the empire into a recession. On the other hand, effective open-market policies from the Imperial Reserve Bank--such as buying short-term imperial securities, a strategy known as quantitative easing--combined with fiscal stimulus from the emperor himself (since he's replaced the Senate), could save the galaxies from such a fate.*

In the long term, there are far too many variables to consider, including whether the empire decides to build a new Death Star, how successful they are if and when they decide to strike back, and the possibility of continued assaults by the rebels.

*It should be noted that some economists would argue that the power to manipulate interest rates pales in comparison to the power of the Force. These economists are not in the mainstream.