{"id":441251,"date":"2026-10-31T00:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/feds-daly-ai-matters-for-near-and-medium-term-policy-441251\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T00:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:40:18","slug":"feds-daly-ai-matters-for-near-and-medium-term-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/feds-daly-ai-matters-for-near-and-medium-term-policy-441251\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed\u2019s Daly: AI matters for near- and medium-term policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Comments from the Fed\u2019s Daly cross the wires:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI really matters for how we think about policy in near and medium term.<\/li>\n<li>AI matters to price stability and employment mandates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Analysis: Daly is putting AI into the monetary policy discussion, with implications for both inflation and employment. The emphasis on the near and medium term suggests she sees it as relevant to policy decisions already facing the Fed.<\/p>\n<p>The comments alone offer no clear hawkish or dovish signal. For traders, the missing piece is how she sees AI affecting the balance between inflation pressures and employment risks\u2014and whether that changes the appropriate path for rates.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today Richmond Fed President Barkin said the economy remains resilient, with consumer spending holding up despite relatively flat incomes, but inflation pressures continue to complicate the policy outlook. Businesses are facing higher costs and, after years of elevated inflation, are finding it easier to justify passing those costs on to customers. He also highlighted AI investment as a source of supply-chain pressure and additional demand that the Fed can lean against through monetary policy. On rates, Barkin described the direction of travel as straightforward but the pace as uncertain, favoring a gradual approach as policymakers assess the incoming data. His message suggests continued concern about inflation, tempered by a willingness to let the evidence determine how quickly policy needs to adjust.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comments from the Fed\u2019s Daly cross the wires: AI really matters for how we think about policy in near and medium term. AI matters to price stability and employment mandates. Analysis: Daly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}