{"slug": "ai-is-coming-for-the-economic-consulting-industry", "title": "AI Is Coming for the Economic Consulting Industry", "summary": "Artificial intelligence will reduce overall demand for economic consultants and shift work to clients' in-house units, according to analysts Mona Birjandi and Mery Zadeh, though firms and clients are still studying AI deployment and new opportunities may emerge as AI transforms the broader economy.", "body_md": "Artificial intelligence will change the market for economic consultants, likely reducing overall demand and shifting workers to current clients’ in-house units. However, both consulting firms and clients are still studying how to deploy AI, and there may yet be new opportunities for consultants as AI changes the broader economy, write Mona Birjandi and Mery Zadeh.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-coming-for-the-economic-consulting-industry", "canonical_source": "https://www.promarket.org/2026/08/25/ai-is-coming-for-the-economic-consulting-industry/", "published_at": "2026-08-25 09:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-25 09:42:46.215532+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Mona Birjandi", "Mery Zadeh"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-coming-for-the-economic-consulting-industry", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-coming-for-the-economic-consulting-industry.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-coming-for-the-economic-consulting-industry.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-coming-for-the-economic-consulting-industry.jsonld"}}