Fed Holds Rates as AI Boom Masks a Fracturing Economy
Federal Reserve officials are signaling rates will stay in neutral territory well into 2026, even as AI-driven capital flows inflate top-line GDP metrics. Beneath 3.8% headline growth, a structural split is widening: massive investment in AI infrastructure coexists with softening labor markets and an affordability crisis squeezing lower-income households. The Fed faces an increasingly difficult policy read.
ViaNews Editorial Team (Finance)•