The Economist (October 21)
2026/ 10/ 23 by jd in Global News
“Two spectres stalk financial markets. One is the fear that surging bond yields will make the rich world’s shaky public finances unsustainable, triggering a nasty fiscal crisis. The other is the worry that the revenues from artificial intelligence needed to keep the data-centre boom going will fail to arrive.” On the upside, it’s unlikely to be both. “If AI stocks collapse, bond yields will fall.”
Tags: AI, Bond yields, Boom, Data centers, Fear, Financial markets, Fiscal crisis, Public finances, Revenues, Rich world, Shaky, Stalk, Stocks, Surging, Triggering, Unsustainable
