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The funding strengthens Georgia's ability to attract companies, develop talent and accelerate Atlanta's growth as a leading tech hub. Emory's investments cultivate AI talent, healthcare innovation and technology applications in medicine, business, law, the humanities and ethics.
Read the original →Christopher Waller says additional rate hikes may be needed if data continue to show stubborn inflation alongside a strong labor market. He says mounting high-tech costs amid massive AI investments stall progress toward the 2% inflation target.
Read the original →BlackRock's Jay Jacobs discusses how the AI economy is evolving and where AI adoption is taking hold. He also discusses why infrastructure is becoming increasingly important to the AI build-out.
Read the original →A BIS study says AI's energy needs may blur inflation and capacity signals. This could complicate rate-setting and risk corrections from heavy data center spending.
Read the original →Jeff Bezos says many families will return to having just one working parent as AI drives increased productivity.
Read the original →At the AI & Digital Bridge forum in Astana, officials, investors and experts outlined plans to reform manufacturing, boost productivity and launch Central Asia's first AI-focused university. Kazakhstan is treating AI as economic infrastructure, not just a tech sector. Experts flagged infrastructure and electricity constraints.
Read the original →The article examines the 12-month forward employment and revenue expectations of AI users. It uses data from the 2025 edition of the Fed Small Business Credit Survey.
Read the original →Artificial intelligence data centers and energy development have become major talking points in communities throughout the Ohio Valley.
Read the original →A new report explains how data centers being built for AI tools are different from data centers of the past and present.
Read the original →New research shows AI investment helped support the economy as tariffs increased.
Read the original →The data center boom has become a lucrative market for logistics companies, especially in the Asia-Pacific and United States.
Read the original →Two experts write that, to curb China's technological presence in the region, the U.S. should pursue strategic displacement and provide credible alternatives.
Read the original →The Bank of Japan released its October Regional Economic Report (Sakura Report) on October 8. The report upgraded the bank's economic assessments for Tohoku and Shikoku.
Read the original →At the Bank of Japan's branch managers' meeting on the 8th, the October regional economic report (Sakura Report) was compiled. Of nine regions nationwide, Tohoku and Shikoku had their economic assessments raised, while the remaining seven, including Hokkaido, kept their July assessments unchanged.
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