The S&P 500 slumps to a new low for this year, weighed down by Apple’s broad declines. U.S. markets are set for the third consecutive negative quarter. However, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman tells our U.S. colleagues that he sees no signs of panic from investors. UK PM Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng are to have and emergency meeting with the OBR but Downing Street insists its mini-budget tax cuts are essential. Chinese manufacturing shows signs of recovery but the Caixin survey shows that services are struggling from a sharp slowdown. And in energy news, Germany outlines a €200bn package to shield consumers from soaring gas prices.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.