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It was an economy bursting at the seams: robust growth powered by a tech boom, low unemployment, elevated inflation and Fed rate hikes to try to cool things down. The big picture: That was the situation in the year 2000, and it reminds us a great deal of the conditions in 2026. The worrying part, however, is this: Then, as now, there were early warning signs that the technological boom powering the good times may not last forever. And indeed, the cracks that appeared in the tech sector in 2000 would spill over into a broader bear market and mild recession in 2001. We're not predicting that this time. History only rhymes; it doesn't repeat. But it is a historical episode worth weighing when thinking about the range of possibilities for how things may go in 2027 and beyond — particularly this week, as the debt markets funding the AI build-out have wobbled. Flashback: While 2001 was a nasty year for the U.S. economy — a full-fledged tech bust exacerbated by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
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