AI Economics · Mon 2 Nov

AI economics involves the market productivity and broad economic effects driven by artificial intelligence adoption. Truncated covers its impacts on labor markets, industry productivity, capital allocation and macroeconomic trends.

Monday 2 November

‘A major risk to the global economy’: BofA warns about the risky AI boom the day before a midterm vote framed around data-center backlash

Voters cast ballots at a polling station in Anchorage, Alaska

AI-generated summary BofA Global Research economists warned that a sustained correction in the AI trade is available as a major risk to the global economy. Voters will decide 41 local data-center ballot measures on Tuesday while spending on data-center construction reached $84.95 billion in August.

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Wall Street opens higher, rebounding after last week’s rout in AI trade By Investing.com

AI-generated summary Investing.com reports that Wall Street opened higher on Monday as U.S. stocks rebounded following last week's bruising sell-off in the artificial intelligence trade. The benchmark S&P 500 added 0.5 percent while investors looked ahead to upcoming quarterly results from Apple and the U.S. midterm elections.

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AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says

AI-generated summary Apollo Global Management released a note from chief economist Torsten Slok stating that artificial intelligence has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of the technology sector. Torsten Slok argues that it will be difficult for non-tech companies to turn cheap intelligence into higher revenue growth and higher profit margins because business intelligence requires judgment rather than just calculation.