Members Only - FT Unhedged: AI bubble fears, US shutdown chaos & the $1.7tn shadow bank risk

From Washington’s budget deadlock to frothy AI valuations and the rise of shadow banking, FT’s Katie Martin and Robert Armstrong unpack the hidden risks markets are brushing aside. With US labour data blacked out, AI driving most of America’s growth, and trillions flowing into the financial shadows, are investors sleepwalking into trouble - or is Wall Street’s rally unstoppable?

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