Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink as tech gets hit, AI disruption fears grow

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• Global oil market is tightening instead of loosening, especially as US ratchets up pressure on Russia and Iran

  80% confidence

• The system is ill-equipped to address the dramatic increase in demand created by AI data centers

  80% confidence

• Fed will not cut rates under Jerome Powell's leadership

  80% confidence

• If unemployment rate is stable or down by June, Warsh might be stuck on hold for rest of year

  80% confidence

• The regulatory framework was not designed for single-sector load shocks, so policymakers are attempting to adjust in real time

  80% confidence

• January jobs report was a feast for the hawks with payrolls surging above all expectations

  80% confidence

• Path to rate cuts under Kevin Warsh now looks narrower after strong jobs report

  80% confidence

• Strong demand and sluggish supply will likely increase power prices in regional wholesale markets

  80% confidence

• Oil market will spend 2026 in deep oversupply glut of 3.73 million barrels per day excess oil

  80% confidence

• Oil demand will rise by 1.38 million barrels per day in 2026

  80% confidence

• Strong, broad-based demand for Cisco technology solutions with significant opportunities ahead

  80% confidence

• Electricity inflation has more than doubled headline inflation due to AI infrastructure buildout

  80% confidence

• About 1% of all US counties account for about 70% of data center capacity

  80% confidence

• World oil demand will rise by 850,000 barrels per day in 2026, 80,000 bpd lower than January forecast

  80% confidence

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