{
  "id": 1814565,
  "title": "U.S recession risks rise as economy becomes reliant on AI for growth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/u-s-recession-risks-rise-as-economy-becomes-reliant-on-ai-for-growth",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T22:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/08/u-s-recession-risks-rise-as-economy-becomes-reliant-on-ai-for-growth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "With the release of the latest U.S. labour force data, further confirmation has come that all is not well in the U.S. economy. The labour force participation rate has fallen dramatically since late last year, down 1.1 percentage points from 62.5% in November to 61.4% in the latest data, which covers through July. While the The post U.S recession risks rise as economy becomes reliant on AI for…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}