Editorial Opinion
Today on the BBC an investment spokesman from Wall Street, deliberately misrepresented America’s economic growth in order to assuage anyone from believing what are the facts.
He chose to not the BBC interviewers direct questions in relation to growth and the state of the economy in the US, I can only assume in order to minimize the fact that GDP growth in the United States is based on “AI-related spending, driven investment in software and hardware…which many economists note that this growth is concentrated in the investment sector (building data centres) rather than widespread productivity gains across the entire economy yet.”
A lie, claimed by the current US administration.
AI investment accounted for (37% to 40%) of the growth, according to the St. Louis Fed research. AI related activities (software, servers, data centres) contributed to the figure included as GDP growth in the first nine months of Trump’s precedent setting reign as the supposed ‘leader’ of the US.
Some estimates from 2025 “suggest that AI-related investments and infrastructure have accounted for a significant, albeit debated, (the administration?) portion of U.S. growth, with figures ranging up to 90% in specific periods”.
Real vs Nominal Growth
According to a Google AI inquiry, “in the first nine months of 2025, the real GDP growth rate was 2.1%, but would have been 1.5% without the AI investment, indicating a significant tailwind from AI.”
CAPEX expenditures in AI infrastructure (by essentially just seven companies, the ‘tech giants’), were responsible for the vast percentage of growth, “rather than broad-based productivity gains across the entire economy, as stated by the Trump administration. Another major lie. In fact it would be easier to count any facts being offered as they might possibly number the fingers on one hand in the first year of their so-called ‘mandate’.
“Based on 2025 reports and projections, artificial intelligence investments in the US reached record levels, with major technology companies leading a massive capital expenditure surge.
“Big Tech Capital Expenditure: Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta alone were projected to invest approximately $364 bulletin in capital expenditures.’
Actually, in total multiyear figures, the investment is 600 billion dollars, while the return on investment was 10% of the investment, leading to massive leveraging, which is simply known as the ‘AI Bubble’. Should that burst, the US will encounter significant failures, as much of that investment is in itself ‘borrowed’.
Greed in America, knows no bounds, and this Federal Administration knows no truth.
It’s time for Americans to kick these liars and thieves to the curb.
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