European shares slide to six-month low as recession fears rise
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(Reuters) - European stocks tumbled to a six-month low on Wednesday, as an inversion in the U.S. yield curve following bleak data out of major economies including Germany and China pointed to a looming recession. Slumping exports sent Germany's economy into reverse in the second quarter, while Chinese industrial output growth cooled to a more than 17-year low in July, underscoring the impact of a bruising U.S.-China trade war on global growth. Industrial data from the euro zone in June also had..