3 Charts That Explain the Economy as Voters Head to the Polls NYT - Top Stories By: Ben Casselman 18 October 2026 at 10:00 Inflation is high, consumer spending is strong and seemingly everything depends on what happens with artificial intelligence. © The New York Times
Weak Links Start to Show in A.I. Borrowing NYT - Top Stories By: Maureen Farrell and Rob Copeland 17 October 2026 at 19:00 Debt trouble at CoreWeave, Oracle and SoftBank raises questions about whether there are broader problems with the data center build-out. © Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The New York TimesThe site where Project Jupiter, an artificial intelligence data center, is under construction in Santa Teresa, N.M. Oracle is having trouble obtaining state permits for its energy needs.