{
    "statement": "of firms in the St. Louis Fed district survey expected no noticeable AI effect on staffing in the next 12 months; nearly 20% expected slight cuts",
    "value_display": "49%",
    "value_numeric": 49,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "May 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-05-31",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "On the Economy blog",
        "publisher": "Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis",
        "type": "survey",
        "url": "https://www.stlouisfed.org/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2026/jul/new-survey-findings-ai-adoption-eighth-district",
    "source_quote": "Nearly half of all respondents (49%) expected no noticeable effect on staffing due to AI within the next 12 months.",
    "verification_note": "Read on stlouisfed.org (On the Economy, 16 Jul 2026, Gutkowski, Gascon, Silvanus) on 2026-10-23. Sample size not stated.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/firms-expect-no-ai-staffing-effect",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/firms-expect-no-ai-staffing-effect.csv"
}