A person walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets sank Wednesday ahead of a vote by Congress on a deal to avert a government debt default, while a downturn in Chinese factory activity deepened, adding to signs global economic activity is weakening.– Global stock markets sank Wednesday ahead of a vote by the U.S.
In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost 0.1% to 7,514.18 and the CAC 40 in Paris sank 0.4% to 7,178.13. The DAX in Frankfurt retreated 0.3% to 15,868.35. Even without a default, all the partisan brinkmanship in Washington could erode faith in the U.S. government. That could trigger another downgrade to its credit rating, following Standard & Poor's rating cut in 2011.
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