Geopolitics
The AI Mirage Cracks: A Symptom of Western Financial Fragility and Fed Dependence
European equities edged lower as the AI-driven global stock rally showed signs of exhaustion, with technology valuations coming under pressure ahead of critical U.S. employment data. This brief moment of market 'caution' starkly exposes the deep fragility of a Western-dominated financial architecture built on speculative bubbles and its slavish, destabilizing dependency on the monetary whims of the Federal Reserve.