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Skip to content Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world For Customers Support Americas +1 212 318 2000 EMEA +44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific +65 6212 1000 Company Communications Follow Products Industry Products Media Media Services Company Communications Follow Products Industry Products Media Media Services Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world For Customers Support Americas +1 212 318 2000 EMEA +44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific +65 6212 1000 Oct. 23, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC Global credit markets are flashing the biggest risk-off signals in more than a year, as investor concerns about technology companies’ artificial intelligence borrowing and rising oil prices are mounting. On Friday, the cost of protecting a basket of blue-chip US company debt against default rose to the highest level since March. That mirrors a jump in corporate bond yield premiums globally, which on Thursday surged to their widest since May 2025, at 129 basis points, a Bloomberg index shows.
Money managers are wary of the massive amount of debt tech companies will need to fund AI investments, a concern that ... Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading: See Breaking News in Context Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis. Already a subscriber?
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