You know what's really cool? $227 billion.

That's the amount of global economic impact that Facebook had in the 12 months ending October 2014 by supporting news jobs and connecting businesses with customers, at least according to a new study commissioned by Facebook.

The study, conducted by Deloitte, credits Facebook with supporting 4.5 million jobs worldwide by virtue of being a platform for marketers and app developers. Beyond job creation, the study touched on Facebook's ability to help marketers boost sales, developers monetize applications and allow for people in developing countries to "take part in the digital economy," which "stimulates economic impact."

"Facebook's broad economic impact enables far more revenue and jobs for global and local economies than Facebook's own company operations," Deloitte's researchers wrote in the report.

The study's release was timed with the annual World Economic Forum meeting taking place this week in Davos.

Some economists have already questioned the merits of the report, however. “The results are meaningless,” Roger Noll, a Stanford economist, told The Wall Street Journal. “Facebook is an effect, not a cause, of the growth of Internet access and use.”

Facebook is certainly not the first or only tech company to commission a study touting its economic impact. Apple recently announced that it has now created or supported more than one million jobs in the U.S. through its iOS ecosystem.

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