{"id":93461,"date":"2026-02-23T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/ghost-gdp-how-ai-boom-could-upend-middle-class-workers-global-finance\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:36:16","slug":"ghost-gdp-how-ai-boom-could-upend-middle-class-workers-global-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/ghost-gdp-how-ai-boom-could-upend-middle-class-workers-global-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ghost GDP&#8217;: How AI boom could upend middle-class workers, global finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, the global economic narrative has shifted from the initial excitement of AI to a more calculated and sometimes cautious phase. Citrini Research highlights a move away from the basic hardware race toward &#8220;Phase 2&#8221; of the AI trade, where the focus lies on operational efficiency and the displacement of high-cost human labor.  While corporate margins are expanding through automation and lean structures, there is a growing concern over &#8220;Ghost GDP&#8221;.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, the global economic narrative has shifted from the initial excitement of AI to a more calculated and sometimes cautious phase. Citrini Research highlights a move away from the basic hardware race toward &#8220;Phase 2&#8221; of the AI trade, where the focus lies on operational efficiency and the displacement of high-cost human labor. While&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/ghost-gdp-how-ai-boom-could-upend-middle-class-workers-global-finance\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Ghost GDP&#8217;: How AI boom could upend middle-class workers, global finance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":93462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}