A weak jobs report and the AI boom may look like separate stories, but they meet at one pressure point: the cost of borrowed money. In this clip from The AI Money Loop, we explain why Wall Street's relief over softer hiring may say as much about the AI data center buildout as it does about the labor market. The U.S. economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, based on Labor Department data released on Oct. 2. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2% from 4.1%, and payroll gains for July and August were revised down by a combined 60,000 jobs. That softer reading quickly reshaped expectations for the Federal Reserve. The central bank lifted its benchmark rate by a quarter point to a range of 3.75% to 4% on Sept. 16, its first increase since 2023, and traders had been leaning toward another hike at the Oct. 28 meeting. Pricing that pointed to roughly a two-in-three chance of an October hike a week earlier dropped to the mid-teens after the Oct. 2 report. Rates matter so much here because th...