Emerging technologies catalyze changes in our workplaces, homes, and communities – and as a result, in our economy. Today, a new wave of emerging technology, generative artificial intelligence, is already creating seismic shifts. To deliver on our public service mission, it is crucial that we explore these nascent technologies before they are fully matured so we can better understand their potential impacts on financial institutions, payment systems, and monetary policy.
Through the EmergingTech Economic Research Network (EERN), we will develop deeper insights into the economy of the future. The EERN will funnel, amplify, and serve as an open-source economic research repository for academics, researchers, and technologists at the nexus of emerging technologies and the economy. At its core, EERN is a place for people to exchange ideas and learn about other research and insights across the Federal Reserve System, in academia, and in the private sector.
On this page, you can find economic research and insights on the impacts of emerging technologies as well as economic research conducted using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Driving AI Adoption and Navigating the Transition
Please join us on February 5 for a live discussion on the rapid and uneven adoption of AI with Fabien Curto Millet, chief economist at Google, and Sylvain Leduc, director of economic research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Interested in learning more about EERN? Contact Huiyu Li or Kevin Ortiz, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Heads of EmergingTech Economic Research
Latest Research and Insights

Fireside Chat: Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman and Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO
Vice Chair for Supervision, Michelle W. Bowman, hosted a fireside chat with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference.
July 22, 2025
Research, Insights, and Events
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Tracking AI’s Contribution to GDP Growth

ChatMacro: Evaluating Inflation Forecasts of Generative AI

Estimating Aggregate Data Center Investment with Project-level Data

A Global Stablecoin Glut: Implications for Monetary Policy

AI, the Economy, and Financial Stability
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Small Businesses at the Frontier of the Generative AI Economy
How is the spread of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools affecting small businesses? Read more about the EERN roundtable with leaders of small-scale enterprises currently integrating GenAI technologies.

Events

Raffaella Sadun | Management and Reskilling in the Age of AI

Pricing and Productivity: The Economics of AI

AI Implications for Workforce Development and Economic Mobility

Chad Jones | AI and Economic Growth


