ECONOMY & MARKETS

Stocks Sink, Euro Plunges As Ukraine War Shakes Markets

A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2020.
Data showing a red-hot U.S. jobs market sent Treasury yields lower and strengthened the dollar on Friday, but the war in Ukraine overshadowed the blowout report as the euro plunged on expectations of slower European economic growth.
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The Bank of England is seen in the City of London, Britain, February 14, 2017.

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