ECB sees no wave of AI-led layoffs yet, Lagarde says

February 26, 2026 4:08 AM EST

FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde delivers her keynote speech at Euro Finance Week, a weeklong annual financial conference in Frankfurt, Germany, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Heiko Becker/File Photo

FRANKFURT, Feb ‌26 (Reuters) - ​Artificial ​intelligence is boosting productivity in ‌the euro zone but ⁠it is not yet ‌causing a wave ‌of layoffs due to greater automation of labour, ​European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde ⁠said on Thursday.

"What we are ​seeing for the moment is that it's ​increasing productivity," Lagarde ‌told a committee of the European ⁠Parliament. "But we are not yet seeing consequences ⁠in terms of labour ​market and waves of redundancies that are feared, and ‌that you know we will be extremely ‌attentive going ⁠forward."

(Reporting by ‌Balazs Korany ​and Francesco Canepa; Editing by Alison ‌Williams)



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