ABE NEWS | OCTOBER 1, 2026 For much of the past decade, the global economy became accustomed to one powerful idea: money could be borrowed cheaply. Governments borrowed to finance spending. Companies borrowed to expand. Homebuyers benefited from relatively inexpensive mortgages. Investors poured money into stocks, technology companies and other assets because interest rates offered…
Anthropic Is Betting $518 Billion on AI. Now the AI Boom Has to Prove Itself. ABE NEWS | SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 Artificial intelligence has spent the last several years convincing the world that it could become one of the defining technologies of the century. Now the industry is facing a different question. How much money…
ABE NEWS | SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 The world of business spent this week confronting two realities at once. The first was exuberance. Artificial intelligence returned to the center of the market, pushing semiconductor companies higher, lifting the Nasdaq to a record and propelling AMD beyond a valuation once reserved for only the largest corporations on…
The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan have raised interest rates as persistent inflation and energy pressures reshape the global outlook for borrowing costs, markets and the world economy.
