Bonds

Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 16, 2019 in San Francisco, California.
AI

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Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, pictured in May 2023, warns of record debt issuance by AI companies during an infrastructure boom.
Big Tech

Borrowing by AI companies represents a ‘mounting potential threat to the financial system,’ top economist says 

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Photo: HANAU, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 12: A general view of a Google Cloud center on November 12, 2025 in Hanau, Germany. Google will expand the Hanau site as part of a EUR 5.5 billion investment in Germany that the company announced yesterday. The investment, Google's biggest ever in Germany, includes the Hanau expansion and the construction of a new data center complex in nearby Dietzenbach. (Photo by Florian Wiegand/Getty Images)
AI

More Big Tech company debt ‘would increase the macro risks associated with the AI build-out,’ Goldman Sachs warns

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Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former State Department director of policy planning, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee January 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. Haas testified before the committee on the topic of “From Sanctions to the Soleimani Strike to Escalation: Evaluating the Administration's Iran Policy."
Economy

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November 13, 2025
Gold’s record price is driven by the ‘debasement trade,’ China, and fear of an AI bubble, analysts say
Investing

Gold’s record price is driven by the ‘debasement trade,’ China, and fear of an AI bubble, analysts say

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October 8, 2025
Photo: WASHINGTON, DC September 19: US President Donald Trump during the signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday September 19, 2025. President Trump signed a two executive orders establishing the "Trump Gold Card" and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The "Trump Gold Card" is a visa program that allows foreign nationals permanent residency and a pathway to U.S. citizenship. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Investing

Gold and Bitcoin go through the roof as U.S. shutdown forces investors to trade in the dark

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October 6, 2025
Surprise in Japan’s leadership race jolts financial markets as the dollar soars against the yen
Economy

Surprise in Japan’s leadership race jolts financial markets as the dollar soars against the yen

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October 6, 2025
Spending on AI is increasingly fueled by debt, Goldman Sachs says
Investing

Spending on AI is increasingly fueled by debt, Goldman Sachs says

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October 3, 2025
Gold decor on the mantle behind US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Jonas Gahr Store, Norway's prime minister, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
Economy

Everything’s supposedly rosy on Wall Street—but gold is rallying higher as investors seek safety in government shutdown

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October 2, 2025
Photo: US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Pfizer will sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx, an initiative intended to allow Americans to pay for prescriptions at discounted rates negotiated by the government. Photographer: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Investing

Investors dumped U.S. assets overnight in favor of gold, Bitcoin, and foreign stocks as government shutdown leaves Wall Street ‘flying blind’

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October 1, 2025
Nobody thinks a government bond crisis is going to happen, but Wall Street is talking about it anyway
Investing

Nobody thinks a government bond crisis is going to happen, but Wall Street is talking about it anyway

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September 30, 2025
Markets have been acting ‘super weird’ lately. Just look at gold prices vs. the dollar and bonds
Economy

Markets have been acting ‘super weird’ lately. Just look at gold prices vs. the dollar and bonds

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September 13, 2025
Wall Street’s future hinges on a risky bet about what the American economy will do next
Investing

Wall Street’s future hinges on a risky bet about what the American economy will do next

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September 12, 2025
U.S. may have to refund half its tariff revenue as high-stakes court battle threatens to wreak havoc on the deficit and bond market
Finance

U.S. may have to refund half its tariff revenue as high-stakes court battle threatens to wreak havoc on the deficit and bond market

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September 7, 2025
The US Treasury Department in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 31, 2024.
Economy

The canary in the coal mine is singing as global bond selloff raises national debt concerns

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September 3, 2025

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