Most seem to overlook that this economic stagnation is global, not specific to their country, and only getting started. Without the ambitious valuations and debt-funded capex for AI, the US economy would be just as (or even more) stagnatory as the EU.
7 AI-focused companies now make up >30% of the entire US stock market. Banks are becoming increasingly exposed through credit lines to AI companies.
Globally, growth rates are decelerating. Not only in Germany and more broadly the EU, but in basically all non-US developed economies, we are seeing sub 1-2% growth. Basically zero job creation. Globally, honest inflation is higher than honest GDP growth. China faces massive underreported demographic challenges, the impact of tariffs is brutal. Debt dynamics in the US, relevant EU countries, emerging economies are vicious. Mexico stalls, Brazil slows. If AI valuations and investments falter for whatever reason (unmet productivity or overinvestment), the US will be visibly in a recession, which would trigger a global one.
Ergo: AI must work and create real productivity growth in traditional economies. That is honestly a lot of pressure on the big AI labs and researchers.
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