Oracle shares fell approximately 7% on October 14, 2026, to around $133, following a hotter-than-expected inflation report. The Consumer Price Index rose 3.6% year-over-year, reviving fears that US interest rates could remain elevated. The broader AI infrastructure sector was hit, with declines for NVIDIA, AMD, and Microsoft. Oracle has invested tens of billions of dollars in capital expenditures, pushing its long-term debt to over $160 billion, and S&P downgraded its credit rating to BBB-, one notch above junk status. Additionally, OpenAI, one of its major clients, revised its annualized revenue guidance downward from approximately $70 billion to about $50 billion.
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