{
  "id": 8616529,
  "title": "Are global stock markets heading for a crash?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/are-global-stock-markets-heading-for-a-crash",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-20T05:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/sep/20/stock-market-crash-government-bond-yields"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Economies thrown into renewed turmoil as AI debt, Iran war and soaring government bond yields fuel alarm At the height of the summer, the mood was optimistic in the world’s financial capitals. Powered by the AI revolution , the US stock market had rallied to a fresh all-time high , as investors bet the multitrillion-dollar investment spree would overshadow the hit from the Iran war. Now the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}