Fresh economic figures from Europe and China added to mounting concerns that weakening growth at the end of 2018 will carry over into a sharper slowdown next year

Relatively steady U.S. economic numbers—including a robust report on consumer spending from the Commerce Department—haven’t calmed the markets. Maurice Obstfeld, the retiring chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, said earlier this month the U.S. will likely feel a drag from the global downdraft.....

https://stockmarketnews.today/2018/12/16/fresh-economic-figures-from-europe-and-china-added-to-mounting-concerns-that-weakening-growth-at-the-end-of-2018-will-carry-over-into-a-sharper-slowdown-next-year/

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