Ai Boom Boosted Gdp Growth

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Ai Boom Boosted Gdp Growth

Ai Boom Is Boosting Us Gdp Growth

According to a report from the Bank of Canada, the AI boom has boosted the US GDP growth. Many people were wondering why the US economy is growing after all the tariffs and the government shutdown. The short answer is the AI boom!

quick glance at the economy shows all the indicators are showing signs of weakness. This includes consumer confidence, employment, and so on. The answer lies in the increased investment and spending in artificial intelligence.

Ai Contributed Towards Higher Growth

At this point, it is not easy to isolate the AI spending from the GDP data. However, anyone can get a good idea of how much it contributed towards GDP growth in 2025.

The first way AI has helped the economy was through the spending on the construction of new data centers. In addition, a sizeable investment was also made in software, computers, and peripherals. Last but not least, big money was also allocated for the R&D department of the tech & AI companies.

So, there's no doubt that the size of these sectors has increased a lot compared to the last few years. But what's more interesting is the disproportionate contribution of these sectors towards the GDP growth.

For example, these sectors only amount to 6.1% of the GDP, while they contributed to economic growth of 15.7% or more.

According to the bank, they have only discussed the direct effects of AI spending on growth. People also made a lot of money as the share prices of these AI companies reached new highs.

But there are also some concentration risks as the AI boom mostly revolves around a few big companies. So, maybe that's why the other economic indicators show a different picture.

Looking ahead, the sectors that are more exposed to the tech are likely to outperform those that are not exposed to AI.

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