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Nick Lichtenberg

Top economist Mohamed El-Erian warns the AI bubble will ‘end in tears’ and credit ‘cockroaches’ abound

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Famed economist Mohamed El-Erian delivered a stark warning about the evolving global economy, stating that while the underlying system remains intact, investors should brace for significant individual losses within the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector and expect numerous “credit accidents”.

Speaking at Yahoo! Finance Invest, El-Erian framed the current environment as one in which “cockroaches” abound but “termites” do not. This differentiation is fundamental: cockroaches are unpleasant accidents that “come in groups” but do not “eat away at the integrity of the system.” Termites, conversely, erode the foundation.

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