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Barclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs in A.I.-Driven Push to Lower Costs

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GEOPOLITICS ALPHABarclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs inA.I.-Driven Push to Lower CostsBCSGEOPOLITICS ALPHA

The move is the latest illustration of a company saying it believes it can be more efficient with fewer workers because of artificial intelligence.

Directly affected

  • BCS Barclays-13.8%

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • SPY SPDR S&P 500+1.6%

    The broad U.S. stock market

  • TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond-1.8%

    Long-term U.S. government bonds

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ+2.3%

    Large technology stocks

  • GLD SPDR Gold Shares-3.3%

    Gold can move with the broad market

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
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SPY———————
TLT———————
QQQ———————
GLD———————

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The move is the latest illustration of a company saying it believes it can be more efficient with fewer workers because of artificial intelligence.

Source: The New York Times

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