Macroeconomics

Weekly Market Monitor

February 27, 2026 | 3 minute read
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Chart of the Week: An Alternative AI Narrative

While advancements in AI have sparked concerns about large-scale job displacement, most notably in the software industry, recent data tells a more nuanced story. Specifically, software development job postings on Indeed have risen 11% in the past year, significantly outpacing postings across the broader labor market. In our view, this suggests that rather than simply replacing jobs, AI has the potential to create new opportunities as well, a pattern consistent with prior innovation cycles. 

Chart of the Week

Source: FRED, Indeed, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. As of February 20, 2026. Chart shows seasonally adjusted job postings on Indeed, a leading global online job site and hiring platform, broken into two categories; overall job postings and job postings for software development roles. “AI” refers to Artificial Intelligence. Illustrative Purposes Only.  

Download the full document, which includes the chart of the week and insights on market developments. On pages 3 and 4, we further recap equity sector, size and style returns, global index returns, as well as rates and spread movements and a monthly snapshot of global equity valuations.

Weekly Market Monitor
The Market Monitor features a thematic chart and highlights key economic events and data releases driving the past week’s market moves.
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