[throwawayffffas]

Oh Yeah, it's the AI. It can't be that GDP growth has stalled to 0.1 per quarter. We are definitely not heading for a recession guys. It's all unicorns rainbows and robot butlers in our future.

[squidbeak]

> British companies reported that AI had resulted in net job losses over the past 12 months, down 8%

The companies responding know best why they do and don't hire.

[kalleboo]

Companies lie. Even if companies didn't lie, people within companies lie.

[tonyedgecombe]

If that 8% was representative or even accurate then unemployment would have rocketed.

[tonyedgecombe]

>It can't be that GDP growth has stalled to 0.1 per quarter.

Growth was 1.1% in 2025, not great but saying it was 0.1% per quarter is deceptive.

>We are definitely not heading for a recession guys.

The consensus for 2026 is 1.4%, definitely not a recession.

[throwawayffffas]

It was 0.1 the last two quarters.

2026 just started, these are all forecasts. I guess we will see.

[chrisjj]

> Oh Yeah, it's the AI. It can't be that GDP growth has stalled to 0.1 per quarter.

Why not both?