productivity

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Economists caution that it is still too early to determine AI’s impact on productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Kevin Warsh, nominated by Trump to be the next Fed chair, has argued that faster productivity growth thanks to AI will hold down cost pressures, enabling the Fed to lower interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Worker productivity is regarded by economists as one of the most important drivers of long-term standards of living.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“With labor-force growth slowing to a crawl, productivity is no longer just one of the engines of growth—it’s close to the only engine left,” said Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Here are some of the conclusions that I gleaned from conversations with McKinsey executives and from their reports: We Americans often fantasize that German and Japanese industries are super-efficient, exceeding American industries in productivity.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond