Anthropic Economic Index

Trends

• Usage data starts linking AI exposure to slower hiring

Items

1. Jul 22

   Anthropic's Economic Index connector for Claude

   A no-install connector lets anyone query the Anthropic Economic Index dataset conversationally in any chat with any Claude model.

2. Apr 22

   Anthropic measures AI's labor market impact

   An observed-exposure measure ranks programmers, customer service agents, and financial analysts most exposed, with each 10-point rise in exposure tracking 0.6 points less projected job growth; a new monthly survey of 81,000 responses finds early-career hiring in exposed jobs down ~14% since 2022.