Gary Cohn | Vice Chairman of IBM

CNBC Money Movers — Former NEC director Gary Cohn: The AI we are seeing today is not causing labor issues

Dec 11, 2025 | Feature

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former director of the National Economic Council, joins CNBC’s ‘Money Movers’ to discuss the Federal Reserve’s third consecutive rate cut in 2025, a soft labor market and AI’s impact on jobs. Click here to...

CNBC Squawk Box — Former NEC Director Gary Cohn: The economy’s more divided today than it has been in a very long time

Oct 29, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chair and former NEC director, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of the economy, the bifurcation of the economy, corporate earnings, state of the labor market, impact of the AI boom, state of the ongoing federal government shutdown, his...

Fortune — Former Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn says tariffs are the reason you’re having a hard time finding a job

Sep 22, 2025 | Articles

President Donald Trump’s former economic adviser said tariffs are raising the cost of doing business—and it may just be making your job search harder. Click here to read the full article.

CBS Face the Nation — Former Trump economic official Gary Cohn says “we’ve seen the job market degrade,” though it may be “temporary”

Sep 21, 2025 | Articles

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chair and former National Economic Council director in President Trump’s first term, said Sunday that “we’ve seen the job market degrade,” though he noted that it may be “temporary.” Click here to read the full...

Yahoo Finance Opening Bid — Former Trump adviser says US can’t rely on foreign chips as Nvidia invests in Intel

Sep 18, 2025 | Videos

The US can’t afford to outsource its chipmaking future, says former Trump adviser Gary Cohn. “The United States, as we know, has to become a chip manufacturer,” Cohn, who served as director of the National Economic Council during President...

Fox Business The Claman Countdown — If you’re borrowing money on your house, car, those rates aren’t coming down: IBM vice chair

Sep 17, 2025 | Videos

IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn and KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk assess Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell’s interest rate cut on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Click here to watch the video.

CNBC Money Movers — Former NEC director Gary Cohn: There’s a chance markets will be disappointed in Fed dot plot

Sep 17, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former director of the National Economic Council, joins CNBC’s ‘Money Movers’ to discuss outlooks on the economy, expectations for the Fed, and much more. Click here to watch the video.

CNBC Squawk Box — Former NEC Director Gary Cohn on state of the economy, Pres. Trump’s tariffs agenda and impact of AI

Sep 12, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former National Economic Council Director under President Trump, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of the economy, President Trump’s tariff agenda, importance of the nation’s supply chain, U.S. government’s stake in Intel, how...

CNBC Money Movers — Gary Cohn: Snapshot of the economy looks good, but there are warnings below the surface

Jul 30, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former director of the National Economic Council, joins CNBC’s ‘Money Movers’ to discuss outlooks on the economy, expectations for the Fed, and much more. Click here to watch the video.

CNBC Squawk Box — Former NEC Director Gary Cohn on state of the economy, Trump’s tariff agenda & Fed’s inflation fight

Jul 16, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former National Economic Council Director under President Trump, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of the economy, June’s CPI data, President Trump’s tariff agenda, impact of uncertainty on businesses, latest market trends, the...

CNBC Money Movers — This summer the market is going to get soft, says IBM’s Gary Cohn

Jun 18, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss his Fed expectations, the summer market outlook and the economy. Click here to watch the video.

CNBC Squawk Box — Former NEC Director Gary Cohn: Price increases will take time to work through the economy

Jun 12, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former National Economic Council Director under President Trump, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of the economy, impact of tariffs and trade policy, state of the bond market, and more. Click here to watch the...

CNBC Fast Money — Don’t look too much into Trump-Musk feud, could be different story in a week: IBM’s Gary Cohn

Jun 5, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chair, former NEC director, and former Goldman Sachs president and COO, joins ‘Fast Money’ to talk political uncertainty and the economy. Click here to watch the video.

Fox Business Kudlow — Jerome Powell doesn’t want to move too early, former NEC director says

May 30, 2025 | Videos

Former NEC Director Gary Cohn and former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh analyze Federal Reserve policy on ‘Kudlow.’ Click here to watch the video.

Fox Business The Claman Countdown — We are in an AI revolution, former National Economic Council director says

May 28, 2025 | Videos

Former National Economic Council director Gary Cohn discusses technology development and the future of the economy on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Click here to watch the full video.

CBS Face the Nation — Gary Cohn says U.S. will see effect in “transportation of goods” from tariffs in a “few weeks”

Apr 27, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, who served as an adviser to President Trump in his first term and now is the vice chairman of IBM, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that amid the Trump administration’s tariffs on China, “we’re a few weeks away...

Bloomberg — Apollo Taps Gary Cohn as Lead Director, Names Rowan Chair

Apr 17, 2025 | Articles

Apollo Global Management Inc. tapped ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. President Gary Cohn as lead independent director and gave Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan the additional title of board chair. Click here to read the full article.

Apollo — Apollo Announces Changes to its Board of Directors

Apr 16, 2025 | Press Releases

Apollo (NYSE: APO) today announced changes to its Board of Directors. Financial services leader Gary Cohn has been appointed to the Board as Lead Independent Director. Jay Clayton, who has served as Chair and Lead Independent Director since March 2021, has informed...

CNBC Money Movers — IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn: The probability of a recession is higher but still depends on policy

Apr 15, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former director of the National Economic Council, joins CNBC’s ‘Money Movers’ to discuss outlooks on U.S. trade policy, markets, probability of a recession, and much more. Click here to watch the video.

Opening Bid — Trump tariff volatility pops CEO happiness bubble

Mar 26, 2025 | Podcasts & Radio

Tariffs, inflation and recession fears and slowing economic data have dominated investor attention in March. And all of these topics could dominate the minds of investors come April, too! Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi sits down on the Opening Bid podcast...

Yahoo Finance — Stock market needs less policy ambiguity, former Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn says

Mar 26, 2025 | Articles

Whipsawing markets could use a dose of policy certainty. “I would tell anyone who wants to understand what’s going on in markets … that markets thrive on predictability and they thrive on certainty,” former director of the National Economic...

CNBC Money Movers — Former NEC director Gary Cohn: The market is over-anticipating Fed rate cuts

Mar 19, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman & former director of the National Economic Council, joins CNBC’s ‘Money Movers’ to discuss expectations for the Federal Reserve meeting, whether the Fed would act in the event of a weak economy, and more. Click here to watch the...

Bloomberg — Gary Cohn Joins Board of Insurance Technology Firm Zinnia

Mar 6, 2025 | Articles

Gary Cohn, the former president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has joined the board of Zinnia, an insurance technology company majority-owned by Eldridge Industries. Click here to read the full article.

Zinnia — Zinnia Appoints Gary D. Cohn as Vice Chair and Board Member

Mar 6, 2025 | Press Releases

Zinnia, a leading life and annuity (L&A) insurance technology company, announced today the appointment of Gary D. Cohn as Vice Chair and board member. Cohn’s expertise will support Zinnia as the company builds upon its critical role in powering growth in the...

Bloomberg Invest — Artificial Intelligence Will Not Destroy Jobs: Gary Cohn

Mar 4, 2025 | Podcasts & Radio

IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn says small models are the future of AI and will be vastly more efficient and cost-effective. A former COO and president at Goldman Sachs, Cohn was the director of the National Economic Council during the first Trump administration. Click...

Semafor — IBM’s Gary Cohn on the tariff-driven ‘environment of uncertainties’ holding back AI

Feb 13, 2025 | Articles

An “environment of uncertainties” is holding back corporate investment in artificial intelligence technology, according to Gary Cohn, the IBM vice chairman who served as a key interlocutor between Donald Trump and the business community in the president’s first term....

CNBC Money Movers — Economy has to start bringing inflation down with energy, says former NEC director Gary Cohn

Feb 13, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, former NEC director and IBM vice chair, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss the latest inflation report to cross the tape, what could be a reasonable price target for oil, and much more. Click here to watch the video.

Axios — Gary Cohn: Trump only sees one side of tariff impact

Jan 22, 2025 | Articles

President Trump understands fundamentally how tariffs work, but doesn’t believe the argument they’ll cause higher prices for U.S. consumers, his former chief economic advisor Gary Cohn tells Axios’ Dan Primack in Davos. Click here to read the...

Axios – Axios’ Dan Primack & IBM’s Gary Cohn on Trump 2.0

Jan 22, 2025 | Videos

Axios business editor Dan Primack speaks to IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn at an event in Davos. Click here to watch the video.

Bloomberg Surveillance — Gary Cohn on Trump, Tax Cuts, Yield Curve

Jan 21, 2025 | Videos

Gary Cohn, vice chairman at IBM and former National Economic Council director, discusses the political difficulties in delivering US tax cuts, the corporate community’s optimism for President Donald Trump’s policies, and offers historical perspective on the yield...

CBS Face the Nation — Gary Cohn says Trump is inheriting a “very good economy”

Dec 15, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, the IBM vice chairman who served as an economic adviser in Trump’s first term, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that President-elect Donald Trump is inheriting a “very good economy, a very stable economy” and...

CNBC Money Movers — Trump’s cabinet picks are quite friendly to business, growth, says IBM’s Gary Cohn

Dec 11, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director and Goldman Sachs president, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss the market’s optimism following Trump’s election victory, the potential negative impact of tariffs, and Cohn’s expectations on an extension of the first...

Bloomberg — Cohn Says Trump Has ‘Plenty of Time’ on Treasury Pick

Nov 21, 2024 | Articles

Former adviser downplays ‘anxiety’ as nominee search drags on. Cohn identifies taxes, immigration as top priorities for term. Click here to read the article.

Fox Business The Claman Countdown — Gary Cohn: Congress will tackle personal taxes first in 2025

Nov 14, 2024 | Videos

IBM Vice-chairman Gary Cohn discusses the 2017 tax cuts, tariffs and the Trump transition team on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Click here to watch the video.

Fortune — IBM Vice Chairman warns current economic data has hidden troubles beneath the surface

Nov 14, 2024 | Videos

IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn says current economic data has hidden troubles beneath the surface. Click here to watch the video.

CNBC Your Money, Your Vote — IBM Vice Chair Gary Cohn talks the tax policy at stake this election

Nov 5, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, former National Economic Council director and IBM vice chair discusses the tax policy at stake this election cycle. Click here to watch the video.

The New York Times — What Washing Machines Can Tell Us About America’s Economic Future

Oct 23, 2024 | Articles

A back-and-forth between two top experts on the center left and two on the center right, discussing topics including housing, taxes, debt and, at one point, washing machines. Click here to read the article.

CNBC Money Movers — Fed will cut rates by 100 basis points this year, says IBM’s Gary Cohn

Oct 10, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chair, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss how investors should feel about inflation, what the Federal Reserve should do, and how Cohn would prefer the last mile of inflation be wiped away. Click here to watch the video.

Yahoo Finance — GDP needs to grow to address national deficit: Gary Cohn

Oct 4, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, the IBM (IBM) vice chairman and former US National Economic Council director from 2017 to 2018 during former president Donald Trump’s administration, sits down with Seana Smith and Madison Mills to discuss the economic impact of the upcoming election. Click...

CNBC Squawk Box — Former NEC Director Gary Cohn: Port strike will have real short-term impact on the U.S. economy

Oct 2, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former National Economic Council Director under President Trump, and Jay Clayton, Apollo non-executive chairman and former SEC Chairman, join ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss last night’s VP debate, Harris vs. Trump economic agendas, impact of...

CNBC Squawk Box — Former NEC Director Gary Cohn: The Fed is on the other side of their dual mandate

Sep 19, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former National Economic Council Director under President Trump, and Jay Clayton, Apollo non-executive chairman and former SEC Chairman, join ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the Fed’s interest rate decision, state of the...

CBS Face the Nation — Gary Cohn: Tariffs are “important instrument” for a president but warns of inflationary impact

Sep 15, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, who served as the head of the National Economic Council in the Trump administration, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” said that tariffs such as the one proposed by the GOP nominee can be useful if implemented with a...

CNBC Squawk on the Street — IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn: Market sell-off in part due to ‘exaggerated’ reaction to debate

Sep 11, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins CNBC to discuss his reaction to the presidential debate, the viability of Harris’ economic plan, outlooks on tariffs, and much more. Click here to watch the video.

CNBC Money Movers — What today’s CPI means for the Fed

Jul 11, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss if Thursday’s CPI data is enough for the Federal Reserve to cut rates, if the economy can get through this cycle without a recession, and more. Click here to watch the...

CNBC Money Movers — The Fed needs to look at the unemployment numbers when it comes to rate cuts, says IBM’s Gary Cohn

Jun 7, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss his read on the latest jobs report, what the Fed should be most concerned about when considering cutting inflation, and much more. Click here to watch the video.

Bloomberg Surveillance — Higher Rates Stop Investors from Taking Risk: Cohn

May 14, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, vice chairman of International Business Machines Corp., says higher interest rates are stopping investors from taking risk. Click here to watch the video.

CNBC Money Movers — Fed will be happy with jobs report which showed cooling in employment, says IBM’s Cohn

May 3, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss whether Cohn liked Friday’s jobs report, whether the inflation numbers will start to come in lower, and more. Click here to watch the video.

CBS Face the Nation — Gary Cohn says business community is “still open-minded” about who to back in 2024 election

Mar 10, 2024 | Videos

IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn, who served as an economic adviser in the Trump administration, tells “Face the Nation” that right now, the “business community at this point is still open minded” about whether to support President Biden or former...

CNBC Money Movers — IBM’s Gary Cohn: Data continues to show we’re on a soft landing path

Mar 8, 2024 | Videos

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former NEC director, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss his thoughts on January’s employment data, whether the recent good news is justified, and more. Click here to watch the video.

Brookings — One year later: Lessons learned from the March 2023 bank failures

Mar 5, 2024 | Videos

On March 5, the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy and Center on Regulation and Markets (CRM) reflected on these questions, beginning with a panel on shortcomings of bank supervision, the lender of last resort function, and bank...