Over the past 2 days, the US stock exchange has been in a downturn as investors have expressed concern that there are new signs of slowing economic growth.
Dow Jones stock exchange traded down 833 points in two days. With this the Dow Jones exchange has fallen 3.1% in this quarter.
Based on the data released this week, the US manufacturing sector has recorded the lowest reading in over 10 years. ISM data only managed to record 47.85% in September, continuing in August.
In addition, private sector employment growth also grew from a decline of 157,000 in August to an increase of only 135,000 in September.
Today the World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved the United States (US) to impose tariffs on European Union (EU) goods including aircraft and agricultural products worth $ 7.5 billion annually.
This further underscores investor concerns over the impact of the ongoing trade war on global growth and its ability to attract the US into a recession.
So far, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and the Dow Jones Exchange each fell more than 0.50% as of 10.40 p.m.