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The Fed's Next Chair Faces AI Uncertainty, Political Heat and Credit Risks

The Federal Reserve has just cut rates by 25 basis points into an economy it still expects to grow faster next year, raising questions about why it eased and how much further it can go. Former Council of Economic Advisers chair Glenn Hubbard discusses the decision, the neutral rate and why he doesn't see much more room for rate cuts going into 2026.

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Overall Spreads Remain Tight Even As Oracle Debt Risk Jumps

On "Bloomberg Real Yield", Maureen O'Connor, global head of high-grade debt syndicate at Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Bank, and Amanda Lynam, head of macro credit research at BlackRock, talks with Matt Miller about credit spreads, issuance and risks tied to the boom in AI growth. There's a frenzy of development going on to support the AI revolution, and with it an insatiable demand for debt to fund it. Some estimate the overall infrastructure roll-out cost could reach $10 trillion, and with so many lenders lining up to throw cash at the assets, the fear is a bubble is building.

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"Real Yield" Debate on Credit: Own or Not Own?

On "Bloomberg Real Yield", Alexander Wolf, global head of macro and fixed income strategy at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, and Mike Contopoulos, deputy chief investment officer at Richard Bernstein Advisors, talks with Matt Miller about the Fed's rate decision this week, the next Fed chair and corporate credit. Analysts say that there's plenty to worry about when it comes to credit, from AI oversupply and private market distress to asset-backed blowups and runaway rates.

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Fintech, AI Very Strong in UK: British Business Bank CEO

The UK economy is at risk of its first quarterly contraction since Labour returned to power, after growth disappointed again by shrinking ahead of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' tax-raising budget. Can the UK's tech sector come to the rescue? British Business Bank CEO Louis Taylor weighs in with Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde to discuss on "Bloomberg Tech."

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'It's End of Year Jitters': Allspring's Patel Not Worried About AI Stocks

Margie Patel, senior portfolio manager and head of Capital Allocation at Allspring Global Investments, joins Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde to discuss concerns around returns on AI investments in the context of Broadcom's earnings and the news that Oracle is pushing back the completion dates for some of its AI data centers. She speaks on "Bloomberg Tech."

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Oracle's $300B AI Bet Becomes Bubble Barometer

Oracle Corp. has pushed back the completion dates for some of the data centers it's developing for the artificial intelligence model developer OpenAI to 2028 from 2027, according to people familiar with the work. The delays are largely due to labor and material shortages, said the people, asking not to be identified discussing private schedules. Oracle has been working to deliver on a $300 billion contract to supply the computing power necessary to train and run OpenAI's models since it was inked this summer. Even with the delays, the timelines for the projects in the US remain ambitious for sites that are set to become some of the largest in the world. Brody Ford discusses his reporting on Oracle's position at the center of the AI book on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily.

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