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Recession Fears Hit Home as World Markets Plummet and U.S. Economy Contracts

Fear of a global recession is quickly becoming reality as world markets have lost $10 trillion in value in the month of October and the U.S. economy almost certainly contracted in the third quarter.

“The growing reality is that this is not just a slowdown, but a true recession,” Joel Naroff, president and chief economist of Naroff Economic Advisors told Money Morning Friday. “Europe and Asia can no longer deny U.S. problems are also hitting there.”

Friday was the 79th anniversary of 1929’s “Black Thursday,” when U.S. stocks were decimated at the start of the Great Depression. And while U.S. markets weren’t quite as…

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