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🇨🇳 China's latest data is out, and it's a bit like a person with a fever who just can't stomach food.

In May, China's factory inflation (PPI) surged to a near 4-year high of 3.9%.

The reasons are pretty straightforward:

⚡ The AI hype is heating up
⚡ Demand for chips and servers is skyrocketing
⚡ Prices for copper, aluminum, and other metals are on the rise
⚡ Middle East tensions are impacting energy costs

Production costs for businesses are going through the roof.

On the flip side, consumer inflation (CPI) is only at 1.2%, clearly below expectations.

To put it simply:

🏭 Factory owners:
"Raw materials are getting more expensive!"

🛒 Consumers:
"I know, but I still don’t want to spend."

Here's where it gets awkward.

If companies pass costs onto consumers, sales could drop.

If they don't raise prices, profits will keep getting squeezed.

The result is that many businesses are caught in a tough spot.

This is why we’re seeing a fascinating phenomenon in the market recently:

📈 AI, semiconductor, and computing sectors are continuously attracting capital

📉 Traditional consumer and manufacturing sectors aren’t flying in sync

Money hasn’t vanished; it’s just consolidating into the AI lane.

For the past few years, everyone was talking about real estate.

Now, more and more funds are starting to believe:

What will drive economic growth in the future is no longer houses, but AI.

So, the biggest story in the market right now isn't inflation.

It's that:

When AI starts to wildly create demand, the entire supply chain is jacking up prices.

From chips to servers, from electricity to copper mines.

Some are chasing the future, while others are shouldering costs.

And this AI race seems like it's just getting started.

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Let’s have another one like this.

🤔 Here’s another question.

If in the next 10 years AI increases societal wealth fivefold,

but most of the wealth is concentrated in a few tech companies,

what do you think will happen?

A️⃣ Everyone gets rich together

B️⃣ Tech companies get even stronger

C️⃣ Wealth gap widens further

D️⃣ Ultimately, it depends on national policies

Recently, there’s been an interesting trend in the market:

📈 AI-related assets are hitting new highs

📈 Computing power, chips, and data centers are consistently attracting capital

📉 Traditional industries aren’t benefiting in sync
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