Calm has returned to U.S. financial markets, with fears of credit-tightening by the Federal Reserve fading.
Market participants were relieved last week that a survey of purchasing managers in the service sector offered fresh evidence of slowing growth in the U.S. economy.
Jobs data and other weak economic figures also helped ease fears that the Fed's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee will make additional interest rate hikes later this month.
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