Summary
INVESTORS worldwide were running scared at the prospect of an early rise in American interest rates. Friday's stronger-than- expected employment figures for April effectively paved the way for a rise in the Fed rate from 1pc to 11/4pc as early as June 30.
Neurotic dealers fear the Fed will now put its foot hard down and accelerate increases over the next year or two.See the full content of this document
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Dow and Footsie Get a Hammering
With Wall Street having closed 124 points off on Friday and the Nikkei and Hang Seng indices collapsing 554 and 435 points respectively overnight in the Far East, there was only one way for...
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