Government bonds face ‘perfect storm’ as Iran war rattles Europe’s central banks
[ad_1] Europe’s sovereign bonds are facing “a perfect storm” after new inflation fears sparked by the Iran conflict forced the region’s central banks to signal a new course for interest rates on Thursday, sending yields soaring. The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at 3.75% on Thursday, with the European Central Bank also holding […]
How the AI debt binge shattered hyperscalers’ ‘unspoken contract’ with investors
[ad_1] Hyperscalers are significantly ramping up their AI capex spending — and increasingly using credit markets to fund it. But investors say this shift is challenging mega-cap tech giants’ so-called ‘fortress balance sheet’ status, and rips up what they call the “unspoken contract” that kept speculative AI spending largely separate from debt markets. After Amazon, […]