Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York canceled executive orders issued by his
predecessor that had barred city agencies from boycotting Israel and
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Markets fear that a chaotic default by either Greece or Italy would lead to huge losses for European banks. That, in turn, could cause a global lending freeze that might escalate into another credit crisis similar to the one in 2008 after Lehman Brothers fell.
ReplyDeleteSome analysts fear that the euro itself could fall, which would lead to inflation and a breakdown in free trade agreements in the European Union.
European markets also fell sharply. Italy's benchmark index plunged 3.8 percent. Germany's DAX and France's CAC-40 each lost 2.2 percent.
The prices of assets seen as safe havens rose sharply. The dollar jumped 2 percent vs. the euro.