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Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve

Butchered jobs and inflation data add fuel to the fire of uncertainty already blazing in the markets

A worldwide selloff accelerates as patchy U.S. data clouds the Fed’s next move, sending Wall Street tumbling and volatility surging into the end of the week.

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Butchered jobs and inflation data add fuel to the fire of uncertainty already blazing in the markets

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