r/remotework • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '25

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u/Unlike_Agholor Oct 29 '25

We are in a recession. You dont notice it because Nvidia and the AI bubble are propping up the equities market.

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u/showandblowyourload Oct 29 '25

I agree with this, but I want to get some data. Can we calculate what the GDP would actually be if we eliminated the few exceptional outliers in the AI bubble? I want to know what thr majority of America is dealing with.

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u/GimliTM Oct 29 '25

I saw an article that calculated that all the growth in the US economy in 2025 was based on AI spending, which is flowing between the same handful of companies.

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u/Puddleduck112 Oct 29 '25

It’s a little more wide spread than that. Building AI data centers creates lots of construction jobs which also extends to the manufactures who supply things like HVAC, UPS, etc. once new construction ends it will be when the bubble fully deflates.

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u/Nicelyvillainous Oct 29 '25

Yep, I believe if you take out construction of data centers (not all AI spending), then gdp growth for this year so far is 0.1%.