Fed's Schmid says hiring is on pause amid AI, aging

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March 6 (Reuters) - Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeff Schmid ​on Friday said he ‌believes that the advent of artificial intelligence is leading ​some businesses to pause ​hiring even as an aging ⁠population is creating ​real structural change in the ​labor market.

"Between fiscal policy and just the nature of the ​baby boomer class retiring ​out, we have a real structural ‌thing ⁠going on," Schmid said.

"AI's got a lot of different elements to it, ​but ​there's people, ⁠businesses in particular are starting to ​pause... we're taking ​a ⁠pause before we hire the next person to say, ⁠what ​is the ​skill set we need."

Reporting by Ann ​Saphir, Editing by Franklin Paul

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