AI investment contributing to sector-specific inflation and complicating monetary policy

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AI is a transformative technology whose investment is currently contributing to inflation in specific sectors, such as chips and software, as well as rising electricity and water costs and core goods prices. This sector-specific inflation complicates monetary policy decisions, as productivity gains from AI are not expected to provide disinflation quickly enough to counteract broader inflationary pressures later in 2026.