APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

The article systematises the directions of artificial intelligence (AI) use in economic analysis on the basis of current international data and assesses the conditions for its application in Uzbekistan. Using documentary, comparative and typological analysis of the Stanford AI Index 2025–2026, IMF, BIS and peer-reviewed studies, the paper shows that the share of organisations using AI rose from 55 % in 2023 to 88 % in 2025, while U.S. private AI investment increased from USD 109.1 billion to USD 285.9 billion in 2024–2025. AI methods are matched to the main tasks of economic analysis – nowcasting and forecasting, causal policy evaluation, text analysis, credit and tax risk assessment – and a conceptual scheme of AI-enabled analysis with human oversight is proposed. Field evidence indicates productivity gains of about 15 % from generative AI assistants. For Uzbekistan, which moved from 87th to 62nd place in the Government AI Readiness Index in 2023–2025, priorities include open statistical data, pilot nowcasting models, model validation standards and training of economists in data science.