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The fixed-income market has started to price AI infrastructure spending as a balance-sheet risk.
Credit spreads on bonds issued by Google, Amazon, and Meta are widening, meaning the companies now pay a higher premium above risk-free benchmarks when they borrow.
Fixed-income investors are demanding more compensation to hold that paper. The mechanism behind the spread move A credit spread is the yield differential between a corporate bond and a comparable government security.
When it widens, the market is communicating that this borrower carries more financing cost than before. The driver here is capital allocation, not any sudden deterioration in operating quality at these three companies.
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