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Wall Street's main stock indexes fell sharply and the S&P 500 was on track to confirm a bear market on Monday on fears that the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes would tip the economy into recession.
The benchmark index is more than 20% below its record closing high on Jan. 3, the second such intraday decline since the pandemic-led rout on Wall Street in 2020.
A close of more than 20% below the all-time high would confirm the index is in a bear market, based on a commonly used definition.
All the major S&P sectors were sharply lower, with
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