經濟走軟憂慮加重 全球股市再度下跌

Stock markets continued to fall across the globe on Friday, as investors showed new concern about the struggling U.S. economy and the stability of the European banking system.

Asian stock indexes dropped sharply, European exchanges followed suit and U.S. stock indexes retreated in early trading in New York.

Analysts said that fear had overtaken stock trading, with many investors worried that officials in Europe and the U.S. will not be able to solve vexing economic and government financing issues.

In Europe, the fear is that banks are not strong enough to handle the continent's debt contagion sweeping through its financially troubled governments. Investors are also worried that U.S. politicians will not be able to reach agreement on long-term spending cuts to trim the country's burgeoning debt, or boost the economy enough to cut the nation's unemployment rolls.星期五，由於投資者對處境艱難的美國經濟和歐洲銀行系統的穩定產生新的憂慮，全球股市繼續下跌。

亞洲股市急劇下挫，歐洲股市也步其後塵。華爾街股市開盤呈現疲軟之狀。

分析人士說，股市交易被擔憂所籠罩，很多投資者擔心，歐洲和美國官員將無法解決令人傷腦筋的經濟和政府融資問題。

在歐洲，人們擔憂的是銀行系統不夠強健，不足以應對歐洲那些陷入金融困境的政府普遍面臨的債務擴散問題。

投資者還擔心，美國政界人士無法就長期的開支削減問題達成協議，來減少這個國家迅速膨脹的債務，或者給經濟提供足夠大的推動以減少失業率。