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Fortune
Jason Ma

Powell suggested tech giants fueling the AI boom and GDP hardly care about Fed rate tweaks. They just proved him right

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While Wall Street seems to live and die on the slightest hints about the Federal Reserve’s rate stance, Chair Jerome Powell doesn’t think the tech giants behind the AI boom will be swayed by incremental moves in monetary policy.

After the Fed cut rates by another 25 basis points on Wednesday, Powell noted the AI spending explosion is supported by actual earnings, unlike the dotcom bubble. As a result, borrowing costs are less of an issue.

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