The U.S. Federal Reserve’s Michelle “Cook” says the build-up of artificial intelligence is a leading potential risk to inflation in 2027. In her remarks, she points to how AI-related investment and spending could create upward pressure on prices, depending on how quickly markets and productivity adjust.
The outlets report the same core message: Cook identifies AI expansion as a key uncertainty shaping the Fed’s longer-term inflation outlook. Investing.com and Channel NewsAsia (CNA) both frame the comments as part of the Fed’s assessment of forward risks rather than as a forecast that inflation will definitely rise. The coverage differs mainly in phrasing and emphasis—one outlet highlights “AI buildup” explicitly, while the other describes an “AI inflationary push”—but both attribute the view to Cook and place it within the 2027 time horizon.
Overall, the reports converge on the idea that AI investment dynamics are being monitored as a potential inflation driver, alongside other macroeconomic factors that influence the Fed’s assessment of future price trends.
