E-commerce is still under 20 percent of retail trade, Ernie Tedeschi notes

E-commerce is still under 20 percent of retail trade, Ernie Tedeschi notes
Human-driven economy outpaces e-commerce

Ernie Tedeschi observes that a significant portion of economic activity continues to be driven by humans, even decades after the start of the dot com boom.

He points out that e-commerce, nearly 30 years after its emergence, still accounts for less than 20 percent of retail trade. Tedeschi suggests that agent technologies are likely to expand their role, yet highlights the ongoing coexistence of agentic and human-driven economies.

Tedeschi has previously outlined the complexities of measuring economic resources, discussing the use of SPM resources adjusted with BLS distributional chained CPI in recent analysis. He has also addressed the challenge of achieving annual productivity gains needed to stabilize the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio, noting that AI could provide a temporary boost in his commentary. These topics frame Tedeschi’s ongoing research into the intersection of technology, productivity, and economic measurement.

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