Worries linger over slowing U.S. economic growth.
A spate of gloomy economic news has sent U.S. stock prices and interest rates lower in recent weeks.
Among other major concerns in the world's financial markets are Japan's faltering economic recovery and the slowdown in the flow of money from Europe to the United States.
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