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Bank of America's research team suggests that AI's current aggregate productivity impact on the global economy is only 0.1%, despite significant task-level gains in areas like software development and customer support. They attribute this gap to the fact that only a fraction of AI-transformable tasks are currently cost-effective to automate. However, BofA projects that AI could eventually deliver productivity gains ten times larger than previous innovations like electricity or the internet, following a J-curve pattern of delayed impact followed by rapid acceleration. AI

Analysts at Bank of America are warning that deteriorating U.S. fiscal health is becoming a significant factor in the current bond market selloff, alongside inflation concerns. They note that rising interest costs on the national debt could lead to substantially larger deficits over the next decade. This situation is exacerbated by the bond vigilantes, who are protesting large deficits by selling bonds and driving up yields, with long-term yields reaching levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. AI