The Dow plunges to below the 30,000-mark for the first time since January last year following the Federal Reserve’s historic 75-bps rate hike. U.S. President Joe Biden says that a recession Stateside is still ‘not inevitable’ but he admitted that signs of an economic slowdown is weighing on the mood of the nation. In Luxembourg, German finance minister Christian Lindner tells CNBC that euro zone fragmentation is not a concern following a surge in bond yields within the bloc. The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania visit Kyiv to demonstrate their support for Ukraine’s ‘eventual’ accession into the EU.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.