Could Quantum Computing Better Predict and Prevent Economic Downturns?

…[A]ttention is turning towards quantum’s use as a tool for codifying quantitative macroeconomic problems, revealing how wealth evolves over time in response to changes or perturbations within the financial network…

…Improvements to the complexity of optimization problems modeled on quantum annealers depend on continued technological progress…

…Quantum annealing systems with 1000x error reduction will be required to simulate the full economy… quantum computers will be able to simulate financial networks at a level that would require as many resources as there are atoms in the universe for classical computers to achieve…

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