Bloomberg Surveillance · Friday, August 7, 2026
Long-term economic discussions highlighted the challenges of an aging population and the potential impact of AI on labor force growth. These factors are seen as more significant than short-term economic cycles and are a global concern for central banks, influencing growth strategies and fiscal sustainability.
“It's like things are moving under the hood of the labor market, and I think that's the labor force growth, population, aging, what's happening with AI.”
“So this theme of you know, what, how do you grow an economy with an aging population? Does AI help or hinder that These are as existential questions.”
“We have an aging labor market, we have an aging population. We're seeing people age out of the labor market. That is not a unique problem to the United States, right. We see this around the world.”