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AI Is Driving Up Treasury Yields: ‘It Just Touches Everything’

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An age-old economics tenet posits that excessive government borrowing can leave little room for companies to tap financial markets and drive up their interest rates to punishing levels. It’s called the “crowding out” theory.

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Bloomberg Technology ·1h ago

AI Is Driving Up Treasury Yields: ‘It Just Touches Everything’

An age-old economics tenet posits that excessive government borrowing can leave little room for companies to tap financial markets and drive up their interest rates to punishing levels. It’s called the “crowding out” theory.