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Expect to hire, not hired
The New York Fed post measured what owners expect to do, and its authors say whether they actually do is a subject for future research.
“Feds find small businesses that use AI are more likely to hire.”
13 receipts3 support3 refute7 context
The New York Fed found they are more likely to expect more staff over the next year, a 10-point gap after controls.
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The authors say whether those firms actually hire is a subject for future research.
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Receipts
- Supports libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
We find that firms currently using AI are significantly more likely than non-users to expect increased employment and revenues over the next year
- Context libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
those who currently use AI had a 33 percentage point net expectation of higher employment in the next twelve months, while non-users had only a 15 percentage point net expectation
- Refutes libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
Whether AI-adopting firms actually experience the stronger revenue and employment outcomes they anticipate is a subject for future research.
- Context libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
the gap in expected employment growth between AI users and non-users remains positive (at 10 percentage points
- Context libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
the net probability of expected employment growth remains higher for AI users than for non-users (by 13 percentage points
- Context libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
In the SBCS survey, 77 percent of respondents reported no change in their firm’s current labor costs from the use of AI.
- Supports libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
AI use is associated with more optimistic expectations about future employment and revenue growth, even after accounting for firm and owner characteristics.
- Context libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
The survey was fielded between September and November of 2025. Total number of employer firms in the AI module: 5,248.
- Context libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org:
Will Aarons is a research analyst in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Research and Statistics Group.
- Supports vitallaw.com:
Small businesses that use artificial intelligence are more likely than nonusers to expect employment and revenue growth during the next year
- Context streamlinefeed.co.ke:
New York Fed researchers Will Aarons and Asani Sarkar analyzed the Federal Reserve Banks’ 2025 Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS).
- Refutes streamlinefeed.co.ke:
These controls improve the comparison but do not establish causation: AI adopters may differ in ways the survey did not capture.
- Refutes streamlinefeed.co.ke:
The findings show optimism and perceived productivity gains, not settled net job creation.
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