AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoAI and Markets: Mixed earnings and surging oil prices unsettled global stocks, as investors questioned whether AI growth can justify its rising financing costs. A recent sell-off in debt-heavy AI infrastructure firm CoreWeave highlighted the risks, even as AI investment and stock gains have supported U.S. growth and consumer spending. Business Outlook: UK small-business confidence is fragile ahead of next week’s Budget: 86% fear tax, business-rate or fuel-duty rises could hurt growth, and just 26% expect to grow in the final quarter. Asia’s Markets: Indonesia’s regulator pledged concrete reforms to shore up investor confidence as MSCI reviews the country’s market status. In India, Bernstein cut its Nifty 50 year-end target to 25,000, while midcap shares entered correction territory amid a wider sell-off.
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