World stocks saw more than $2 trillion wiped off their value as Britain’s vote to leave the European Union triggered 5-10 per cent falls across Europe’s biggest bourses and a record plunge for sterling.Such a body blow to global confidence could prevent the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates as planned this year, and might even provoke a new round of emergency policy easing from all the major central banks.
World stocks routed on Brexit
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