[Survey: Over 60% of Economists Disagree with Walsh's 'AI Rate Cut Theory'] BlockBeats News, February 9, according to the *Financial Times*, the Clark Center for Global Markets at the University of Chicago surveyed 45 economists this week. Nearly 60% of them disagreed with Walsh's 'AI rate cut theory' and stated that the impact of AI technology on prices and borrowing costs over the next two years is likely to be minimal. It is expected that the decline in PCE inflation and the neutral interest rate over the next two years will be less than 0.2 percentage points. About one-third of the respondents indicated that the AI boom might even force the Federal Reserve to slightly raise the so-called 'neutral interest rate,' at which borrowing costs neither stimulate nor restrain demand. The survey suggests that Walsh may face significant challenges in gaining support from other members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) for his vision of a rapid productivity boom driven by AI. This could make it difficult for him to implement rate cuts on the scale desired by Trump before the midterm elections in November.