Journal of International Information Management Volume 9 | Issue 1 Article 7 2000 Forecasting the United States gross domestic product with a neural network Milam Aiken The University of Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/jiim Part of the Management Information Systems Commons Recommended Citation Aiken, Milam (2000) "Forecasting the United States gross domestic product with a neural network," Journal of International Information Management: Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 7. Available at: http://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/jiim/vol9/iss1/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CSUSB ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of International Information Management by an authorized administrator of CSUSB ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Aiken: Forecasting the United States gross domestic product with a neura Journal of International Information Management Forecasting the US Gross Domestic Product Forecasting the United States gross domestic product with a neural network Milam Aiken The University oi Mississippi ABSTIU»ICT Forecasting the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States is one of many esti mates to predict the economic health of the countr)>. Current forecasting techniques use consen sus estimates of experts, econometric models, or other statistical methods. Relatively little re search has been devoted to how artificial neural networks may improve these forecasts, how ever. This paper describes how a neural network using leading economic indicator data pre dicted annual GDP percentage changes one year into thefiiture more accurately than compet ing techniques over a ten-year period. INTRODUCTION Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is that part of Gross National Product (GNP) attributed to labor and property located in the United States.