Selloff Sweeps Global Markets

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🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Nov. 18. As the market rout hits everything from stocks to crypto, WSJ’s Hannah Miao explains how concerns over missing government data and lofty AI valuations are fueling the downturn. Plus, a House vote on releasing the Epstein files is expected later today, as President Trump’s grip on the GOP seems to be slipping. And companies begin pushing out employees who aren’t using AI in their day to day work. Caitlin McCabe hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	A global market selloff intensifies as investors increasingly worry about an AI bubble.
0:38.3	Plus, a House vote on releasing the full Epstein files is expected today.
0:44.3	And your boss has a message, use AI or you're fired.
0:49.3	In a few cases, we've seen organizations push out individuals who are not using artificial intelligence
0:56.8	in their day-to-day work.
0:58.5	It's Tuesday, November 18th.
1:00.6	I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News.
1:04.8	The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:15.2	Music business stories, moving your world today. A global market sell-off is continuing this morning, with major stock
1:19.7	indexes sliding across Asia and Europe.
1:22.8	US stock futures are pointing lower, and Bitcoin is also declining, falling below $90,000. Today's performance
1:30.7	comes after the S&P 500 yesterday logged its largest three-day percentage decline since April,
1:37.1	back when President Trump's trade war sent markets tumbling. This time, though, the culprit is
1:42.3	stemming, at least partially from fears that the AI frenzy that sent stocks soaring this year could be overdone.
1:50.0	Journal reporter Hannah Miao joins me now from Shanghai to discuss this intensifying market route.
1:56.1	Hannah, how bad is it out there?
1:58.2	We're seeing a pretty brutal sell-off, not only some of the sharpest decline since April, as you mentioned,
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