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Fortune
Eva Roytburg

Jerome Powell on signs of an AI bubble and an economy leaning too hard on the rich: ‘Unusually large amounts of economic activity'

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes questions at a news conference on September 17, 2025, in Washington DC, United States. (Credit: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

For months, Wall Street commentators have fretted that the artificial intelligence boom looks like a bubble, with capital spending – which some analysts estimate could reach $3 trillion by 2028 – fattening a few mega-cap firms, while lower-income workers suffer from a slack labor market. 

On Wednesday, they got validation from an unlikely source: the chair of the Federal Reserve. 

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