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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

FTSE 100: Markets tumble across the globe on China and Germany fears

Medical workers carrying out Covid-19 testing in Beijing

(Picture: REUTERS)

Markets tumbled across the globe today on fears China is heading for a sharp slowdown and the expectation that America is poised to ratchet up interest rates.

That move should make bonds more appealing at the expense of equities, while a slump in the world’s second biggest economy due to the ongoing Covid crisis would hit demand for goods and services.

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