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Bank of America Says Investors Are Overplaying AI and Underestimating Consumers

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What's happening

Bank of America strategists told investors it may be time to pivot from AI-linked capital spending to consumer-driven spending, saying AI enthusiasm is baked into markets while discretionary consumer spending is shrinking. The note, reported Oct. 5, frames 'AI disruptees' such as information services as already priced for heavy AI investment. At the same time, banks and financial firms are accelerating AI hiring and deployment: AI-related job postings at banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Capital One rose 49% this year to 139,819, and institutions are expanding AI use from chatbots to agents across trading desks, compliance and back-office operations. Regulators and risk teams are also pushing back: ASIC is preparing scrutiny of bank AI customer deployments in Australia, and Regnology research shows firms struggle to trust AI in live regulatory reporting, even as risk and compliance budgets shift toward AI.

Why it's trending

Because investors are re-evaluating where returns will come from amid heavy AI hiring and visible limits in consumer and regulatory adoption.

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If you own AI stocks, ask whether you own hiring numbers or real consumer demand, Bank of America thinks the former is priced in and the latter is the real risk today.

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