Stocks plum­met: Fol­low­ing Cal­i­for­nia, US job report trig­gers reces­sion indi­ca­tor

(The Cen­ter Square) – The Unit­ed States trig­gered a high­ly accu­rate reces­sion indi­ca­tor as reces­sion fears led to the largest stock sell­off since Decem­ber 2022. Cal­i­for­nia, the nation’s largest econ­o­my, trig­gered the same indi­ca­tor in late 2023. 
On the morn­ing of August 2, the Unit­ed States pub­lished unem­ploy­ment data for July show­ing a sharp increase from 4.1% in June to 4.3% as hir­ing cooled dur­ing the typ­i­cal­ly busy sum­mer months. With July’s data, the Unit­ed States trig­gered th …