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title: Machine Learning for GDP Forecasting
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5251604/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5251604
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5251604
featured: 2025-05-14
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# Machine Learning for GDP Forecasting

The study finds that machine learning models can effectively forecast U.S. GDP, especially during economic volatility.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5251604
- Identifier: SSRN 5251604
- Released: 2025-05-12
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 97 (2025-05-14): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-05-14/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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