--- title: "Visa says AI investment and digital commerce are carrying the global economy" url: https://daily.dev/posts/visa-says-ai-investment-and-digital-commerce-are-carrying-the-global-economy-jdsxykhri source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/visa-2026-midyear-global-economic-outlook type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-06-30T13:30:06.612Z updated: 2026-06-30T13:30:30.950Z tags: ["ai"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Visa says AI investment and digital commerce are carrying the global economy **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Visa's midyear Business and Economic Insights report forecasts 2.4% global growth in 2026, slightly below IMF and World Bank projections. Three forces are identified as supporting the economy: resilient consumers shifting to deal-seeking behavior, digital commerce helping contain inflation through increased price competition (online adoption in smaller cities nearly doubled since pre-pandemic), and a broad-based investment boom in AI, clean energy, and supply chains described as the strongest industrial investment cycle since 2010. Hyperscaler capex is on track to exceed $690bn in 2026. The report notes tensions in the narrative: AI-driven energy demand is straining the same clean-energy grids Visa credits as a positive force, and AI-curated shopping experiences may undermine the open price competition Visa links to lower inflation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI faces closing time at the cash buffet](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-faces-closing-time-at-the-cash-buffet-0tq1fkave) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/visa-says-ai-investment-and-digital-commerce-are-carrying-the-global-economy-jdsxykhri)