Computers outperform humans on GDP forecast


Recession worries: Workers are seen installing a battery onto an electric vehicle in Michigan. The US economy contracted for a second straight quarter, with GDP falling at a 0.9% annualised rate from the first three months of the year. — Reuters

NEED to gain a sense of where US economic growth is now and where it is likely to be in the future?

It might be better to look at calls from largely automated computer models rather than economists, judging by estimates of second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) ahead of the acutal results released Thursday.

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