Recession fears hit Wall Street after grim China, German data

The outlook for Germany's export reliant economy was also grim and Chinese industrial output growth cooled to a more than 17-year low, adding to headwinds for U.S. multinationals that rely on global demand.The U.S. bond market showed red flags, with two-year Treasury yields rising above those for 10-year paper for the first time since 2007, pointing to the risk of recession.

Wall Street's main indexes surged more than 1.5per cent on Tuesday after Washington delayed the introduction of tariffs on some Chinese consumer goods."It's almost as if global investors either don't buy the tariff delay as a sign of real progress in the U.S.-China trade war or have been too consumed by further evidence of global economic weakness to care," BMO Capital Markets strategist Stephen Gallo said.At 7:00 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 239 points, or 0.91per cent.

Interest-rate sensitive lenders were among notable losers before the bell. Bank of America Corp , Citigroup Inc , JPMorgan Chase & Co , Goldman Sachs , Wells Fargo & Co and Morgan Stanley were all down between 1.5per cent and 2.4per cent. Tariff sensitive chipmaker, which staged a comeback a day earlier, were also down. Micron Technology Inc , Broadcom Inc and Nvidia Corp among others slipped more than 1per cent.

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