{"slug": "big-techs-ai-borrowing-binge-is-driving-up-bond-yields", "title": "Big Tech’s AI Borrowing Binge Is Driving Up Bond Yields", "summary": "The New York Times reports that a borrowing binge by the world's biggest technology companies to fund artificial intelligence growth is driving up U.S. government bond yields, which hit nearly two-decade highs this week and prompted the Treasury Department to try to curb borrowing costs. The resilience of the economy despite Covid-19, wars, tariffs, inflation, and high interest rates has been attributed to AI growth, but that growth now poses a risk.", "body_md": "“Economists have been repeatedly dumbfounded by the resilience of the economy in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, wars, tariffs, inflation and sharply higher interest rates. A simple answer has provided a catchall explanation: the growth of artificial intelligence,” the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/business/bond-yields-tech-ai-debt.html) reports.\n\n“But the growth of A.I. also poses a risk, reflected in the nearly two-decade highs that yields on U.S. government bonds hit this week, prompting the Treasury Department to try to put a lid on borrowing costs.”\n\n“That risk stems from a borrowing binge by some of the biggest technology companies in the world.”\n\n[Save to Favorites](?wpfpaction=add&postid=2009492)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-techs-ai-borrowing-binge-is-driving-up-bond-yields", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/21/big-techs-ai-borrowing-binge-is-driving-up-bond-yields/", "published_at": "2026-08-21 09:53:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-21 11:45:00.789170+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["New York Times", "Treasury Department"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-techs-ai-borrowing-binge-is-driving-up-bond-yields", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-techs-ai-borrowing-binge-is-driving-up-bond-yields.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-techs-ai-borrowing-binge-is-driving-up-bond-yields.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-techs-ai-borrowing-binge-is-driving-up-bond-yields.jsonld"}}