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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graeme Wearden and Jasper Jolly

Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall

A trader works on the floor of the New York stock exchange
A trader at the New York stock exchange. Friday’s sell-off followed a rough day’s trading on Wall Street on Thursday. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

Stock markets in Europe, Asia and New York tumbled on Friday as fears of a US economic slump grew and technology shares were hit by underwhelming earnings.

Concerns that the US could be sliding towards a recession spurred a global sell-off, which accelerated after a poor employment report on Friday showed that the US jobs market was cooling fast, pushing up the unemployment rate.

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