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​Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., August 21, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Powell signals rate cuts, Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption push, Gaza starvation confirmed

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank could cut rates as soon as next month during his annual Jackson Hole address, pointing to a slowing labor market and the risk that tariffs could push prices higher.

Trump makes a speech from the Oval Office.
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Are Trump’s massive government layoffs permanent?

The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported on Thursday that US employer layoffs surged by 245% last month — the largest spike since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

illustration of a workplace and GZERO WORLD with ian bremmer the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

AI and the future of work: Experts Azeem Azhar and Adam Grant weigh in

Listen: What does this new era of generative artificial intelligence mean for the future of work? On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with tech expert Azeem Azhar and organizational psychologist Adam Grant on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to learn more about how this exciting and anxiety-inducing technology is already changing our lives, what comes next, and what the experts are still getting wrong about the most powerful technology to hit the workforce since the personal computer.

Larry Summers: Which jobs will AI replace?
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Larry Summers: Which jobs will AI replace?

Which jobs are most at risk from being replaced by AI? GZERO World caught up with former US Secretary Treasury Larry Summers, who's looking at the rapid developments in AI very closely and is concerned about how AI will change the labor market. The transformation, he says, will come slowly, then all at once.

​US job growth slows for a fifth straight month, but labor market remains strong.
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What We’re Watching: US jobs report & new China, Afghan energy extraction deal

What We’re Watching: US jobs report & new China, Afghan energy extraction deal