Fed Chair Powell Warns of Stalled Job Growth as High Rates, AI, and Energy Pressures Weigh on U.S. Economy

The U.S. economy may appear steady on the surface, but beneath that calm lies a growing strain that policymakers can no longer ignore. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has raised fresh concerns about the labor market, revealing that private sector job growth has remained essentially unchanged for the past six months. At first glance, the…