Bank of England warns AI stock crash could push UK into recession
The post Bank of England warns AI stock crash could push UK into recession appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A collapse in AI share prices could remove a total of 2.2 percentage points from the UK’s economic output, the Bank of England said in its financial stability report on Tuesday. The BOE warned investors and lenders fully sized into tech exposure that the AI trade is ballooning. Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey described the danger as a “triple whammy,” according to Politico. He stated that the issues come from bets on AI stocks that have grown too large, adoption of AI technology moving slower than promised, and no clarity yet on the companies that would actually survive as long-term winners. “The risk of a sharp correction in equity markets remains high,” he added. AI-related companies now account for half of the value of the US S&P 500, which is double the approximately one-quarter share they held in 2022, the Bank of England noted. Stock markets in Taiwan and