watch now2:0102:01Intel has been left behind by the AI revolution, says Jim CramerMad Money with Jim CramerCNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday suggested the current economy is divided into two parts — a strong segment spurred on by the artificial intelligence boom and a weaker consumer portion that needs a boost from interest rate cuts."The writing is on the wall for a big chunk of the economy if we don't get more rate cuts, things are going to keep sinking," Cramer said.
"The other part, the AI part, is totally indifferent to rates — most of these companies will never need to raise money, and even if they do, it seems they just sell equity to their deep-pocketed partners."The contrast is even though the averages don't necessarily show it, he said, because the AI economy can be all encompassing as it's connected to the Big megacaps that dominate market action.Frequent major events pel the AI-centric economy, Cramer said, CoreWeave's Thursday announcement that it had expanded its investment with OpenAI.
The cloud infrastructure giant inked a $6.5 billion deal with OpenAI — which brings its total contracts with the company to $22.4 billion.
Cramer also noted that Meta is building a $10 billion data center that requires so much energy it could threaten the state's grid.But while the AI giants are playing with billions, Cramer suggested that consumer-oriented companies broadly are struggling to meet estimates.
He cited recent earnings reports from car dealer CarMax and builder KB that disappointed Wall Street.
Cramer also pointed out that Starbucks announced Thursday it would shrink its store count by 1% and fire apximately 900 nonretail employees.To Cramer, autos, housing and retail are the foundations of the economy.
He said one might expect these sectors to be doing well because the GDPP is strong.
However, Cramer suggested that AI-related companies represent an enormous part of those gains."I know it sounds crazy to suggest that we need rate cuts when prices are still elevated, often in a self-inflicted way — think tariffs — and we have a very strong 3.8% GDP growth," he said.
"But the strength is in ,and there's just not much intersection between and the day-to-day life of our workforce."watch now10:5810:58Consumer economy is weak and getting weaker due to high rates, says Jim CramerMad Money with Jim CramerJim Cramer's Guide to Click here to download Jim Cramer's Guide to at no cost to help you build long-term wealth and invest smarter.
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