UBS On-Air: Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Who cares about technology?'

Economist Paul Donovan sees limited real-economy risk from tech-stock volatility since consumer savings cuts look uniform across economies regardless of AI-driven wealth effects.

• Muted wealth effects: Paul Donovan argues tech-driven equity volatility is unlikely to meaningfully affect real-economy consumption, since wealth effects require behavioral change to matter.
• Universal savings drawdown: Developed-economy consumers across countries are similarly lowering savings rates to fund consumption, while tech-related wealth effects differ by economy, implying limited linkage.

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