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Recorded at the Bloomberg Credit Forum, this Bloomberg Technology interview features San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly discussing the Fed’s cautious approach to forward guidance alongside her on-the-ground observations of AI adoption across the U.S. economy. Daly explains why she avoids committing to rate-cut timelines — calling premature guidance potentially misleading — while describing AI enthusiasm she is witnessing in industries from agriculture to manufacturing and machine-building.
Despite the enthusiasm, Daly is clear that widespread productivity gains have not yet materialized in macroeconomic data. She frames the coming year as the critical “litmus test,” noting that genuine transformation requires businesses to redesign entire workflows, not just deploy a model. She also pushes back on dot-com bubble comparisons, arguing that current AI investment is more pervasive and already embedded in real operational decisions at non-tech companies.
The conversation also addresses whether massive hyperscaler CapEx is inflationary — Daly acknowledges upward price pressure in energy and infrastructure equipment but sees limited evidence of systemic financial stability risk. San Francisco’s housing market dynamics, drawing parallels to 1996 conditions ahead of the dot-com era, round out a wide-ranging discussion valuable for anyone tracking how top monetary policymakers are thinking about AI’s economic trajectory.
📺 Source: Bloomberg Technology · Published June 04, 2026
🏷️ Format: Interview
