Fed Governor Waller Addresses AI and Data at FRED Con 2026
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller spoke at FRED Con 2026 in St. Louis on the intersection of artificial intelligence and economic data.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller delivered remarks Friday at FRED Con 2026, a conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis focused on data, artificial intelligence, and economic storytelling. The event's theme centered on navigating trust, AI, and communication in an increasingly data-driven world.
Waller's speech, titled "The Data Version of Godzilla versus Kong: FRED Takes on AI," signaled the Fed's growing engagement with questions about how artificial intelligence tools interact with large-scale economic datasets like FRED — the St. Louis Fed's widely used Federal Reserve Economic Data repository, which serves millions of researchers, journalists, and policymakers globally.
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The framing of the speech around a pop-culture metaphor underscored an effort by Fed officials to broaden public engagement with complex data infrastructure questions at a moment when AI-powered tools are rapidly reshaping how economic information is accessed, interpreted, and communicated.
The conference setting — FRED Con 2026 — reflects the St. Louis Fed's ongoing investment in public data literacy and transparency. FRED hosts hundreds of thousands of economic time series and has become a central tool for academic and professional economic analysis across the United States and internationally.
No additional details on the speech's specific policy conclusions or data findings were immediately available from the published remarks. Continue reading at FRB: Speeches.
