Tootfinder

"Most economists, politicians and businesses [with not a thought for tomorrow ] like to see gross domestic product (GDP) rising steadily because it usually means people are spending more [with diminishing satisfaction in what they paid for], extra jobs are created [notwithstanding their often dire quality], more tax is paid [and then spent on bombs] and workers get better pay rises [in a currency that is losing value]."
UK economy grew slightly in February - BBC News

GDP: Economy grew in February increasing hopes UK is out of recession
The economy grew by 0.1%, official figures show, with the production sector providing the biggest boost.

He learned nothing.
Time I rolled this out again:
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2022/07/26/the-renewed-clamour-for-growth-ignorance-stupidity-or-immorality/
Gordon Brown: UK has to get on war fo…

The renewed clamour for growth: ignorance, stupidity or immorality?
We are currently seeing renewed calls from leading politicians for a focus on “growth”, by which they mean economic growth, as measured by Gross Domestic Product, or GDP. The Conservative contender…

Forecasting with Neuro-Dynamic Programming
Pedro Afonso Fernandes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03737 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.03737…

Forecasting with Neuro-Dynamic Programming
Economic forecasting is concerned with the estimation of some variable like gross domestic product (GDP) in the next period given a set of variables that describes the current situation or state of the economy, including industrial production, retail trade turnover or economic confidence. Neuro-dynamic programming (NDP) provides tools to deal with forecasting and other sequential problems with such high-dimensional states spaces. Whereas conventional forecasting methods penalises the difference…

IMF expects Ukrainian economy to grow by 3.2% in 2024, by 6.5% in 2025: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/16/imf-expects-ukrainian.html