Financial markets plunge amid fears of U.S. recession

Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets around the world. The drops were just the latest in a global sell-off following a 12.4 per cent plunge in Japan's Nikkei 225, its worst day since the Black Monday crash of 1987.

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