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Asian Markets Roiled by Recession Fears
Asian Markets Roiled by Recession Fears
Major Chinese banks that trade in Hong Kong also made gains Thursday after the People's Bank of
China injected about $57 billion into the financial system.
South Korea's market was closed on Thursday for a public holiday.
Thursday's sell-off came after US markets plummeted in the worst day for stocks there of 2019. That
happened because the bond market, for the first time in over a decade, flashed a warning signal that
has an eerily accurate track record for predicting recessions.