GDP Stats Miss Most of Nvidia's Value, Understating AI Growth: Study
sebkrier · x · 2026-08-25
Research by EpochAI reveals that US GDP statistics miss most of the value Nvidia adds to the economy. As a result, GDP growth has been understated by approximately 0.3 percentage points over the last year. This helps explain the mystery of why AI seems to have had little impact on GDP growth—the effect may be larger but undercounted due to accounting methods.
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