Finance & Banking — Private Credit Crisis, Iran War, and AI Job Disruption Converge to Create Perfect Storm for Financial Markets

Finance & Banking · 2026-03-04

A confluence of critical events is reshaping the financial landscape: Wall Street faces its most serious private credit crisis in years as Blue Owl Capital's lending troubles trigger contagion fears, while the Iran conflict drives oil prices higher and disrupts critical tech infrastructure including AWS data centers. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve's Cleveland chief signals an extended rate pause…