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Several global financial markets fall significantly, with the Dow Jones falling by 610 points after the United States Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate increased to 4.3% in July, the highest since October 2021.
2024-08-2

The value of the British pound initially falls by more than 2% as Asian markets open to a decline.
2016-06-27

A number of analysts, including Ralf Preusser from Bank of America and Ric Deverell from Credit Suisse, believe that the United Kingdom economy is heading into a recession.
2016-06-27

The Dow Jones drops by more than 300 points in early trading, but rebounds a bit to close at a loss of 260.51.
2016-06-27

Standard & Poor's downgrades the UK credit rating from AAA to AA with a negative outlook. Fitch follows by downgrading UK from AA+ to AA.
2016-06-27

The British pound and FTSE 100 Index for the London Stock Exchange both fall in trading as early results from the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum show a stronger than expected result for Leave.
2016-06-24

Spain's Foreign Minister José García-Margallo y Marfil says Spain will seek to jointly govern Gibraltar with Britain. Gibraltar, which is at the southern end of the Iberian peninsula bordering Spain, overwhelmingly voted in favour of Britain remaining in the EU.
2016-06-24

U.S. futures markets fall by 650 points as the UK votes to leave.
2016-06-24

The Dow Jones ends the day down 611.21 points to 17,399.86, marking the biggest drop in 10 months.
2016-06-24

Goldman Sachs, the American multinational investment banking firm, launches an FDIC-insured, Internet-based savings bank. The Wall Street institution, whose investment banking account minimums are in the millions, sets a minimum deposit of $1 dollar for GSBank.com.
2016-04-25