Global Markets Plunge 10% Amidst US Recession Fears and Economic Slowdown

Global markets tumble 10 percent amid US recession fears-:  
Global markets were in the deep red on Monday as the US economic slowdown weighed heavily on the financial markets. Heavy selling pressure was seen in all major Asian markets. Japan crashed by 10 percent, Seoul tumbled over 8 percent, Taipei fell by 4.43 percent, Jakarta was down nearly 2 percent, and Hong Kong and Shanghai were down 1.43 percent and 0.83 percent respectively.

South Korea's news agency Yonhap reported that due to a crash trading in the local benchmark index KOSPI 200 index held for five minutes. The US stocks fell for the second consecutive session on Friday last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding 1.51 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite sinking 2.43 percent.

A disappointing jobs report spurred investor fears that the world's largest economy is headed toward a recession, the report said Indian stock markets also opened in the deep red on Monday. At 11 a.m., the Sensex was at 78,798, down 2,183 points or 2.70 percent, and the Nifty was at 24,061, down 657 points or 2.66 percent.

Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart said, "The global market is reeling as bears enter with a cocktail of bad news. The fear of a reverse Yen carry trade, following an interest rate hike in Japan, was the initial catalyst. This was compounded by fears of a recession in the USA after extremely poor job data, which spooked market sentiment.

The rally in the global stock markets has been driven mainly by consensus expectations of a soft landing for the US economy. This expectation is now under threat with the fall in the US job creation in July and the sharp rise in the US unemployment rate to 4.3 percent. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East also are a contributing factor," other experts said.