Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence is the driving force in financial markets at the moment. With a booming stock market and enormous IPOs, investors are euphoric. But has America’s financial market progressed from optimism into a new phase? The Economist’s top economics and markets experts, Henry Curr, Mike Bird and Josh Roberts, discuss what’s behind the mania.
Watch the full episode of Inside Economics to learn about the financial risks of the frenzy and whether it could lead to a global recession.
#finance #stocks #stockmarket #ai #artificialintelligence
00:00 - The blockbuster IPOs exciting investors
02:04 - How AI is powering a booming stock market
04:04 - Has everyone gone mad? Evidence from the options market
05:55 - Is the increasing amount of AI debt a cause for alarm?
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Artificial intelligence is the driving force in financial markets at the moment. With a booming stock market and enormous IPOs, investors are euphoric. But has America’s financial market progressed from optimism into a new phase? The Economist’s top economics and markets experts, Henry Curr, Mike Bird and Josh Roberts, discuss what’s behind the mania.
Watch the full episode of Inside Economics to learn about the financial risks of the frenzy and whether it could lead to a global recession.
#finance #stocks #stockmarket #ai #artificialintelligence
00:00 - The blockbuster IPOs exciting investors
02:04 - How AI is powering a booming stock market
04:04 - Has everyone gone mad? Evidence from the options market
05:55 - Is the increasing amount of AI debt a cause for alarm?
Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4ePPWXc
Sign up to the Insider newsletter: https://econ.st/4nOyzIb
Subscribe to The Economist: economist.com/subscribe
Download our app: economist.com/get-the-app
Follow The Economist on Instagram: instagram.com/theeconomist
Follow The Economist on Facebook: facebook.com/TheEconomist
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