Global Stocks Lower After Inflation Fuels Rate Fears

Global Stocks Lower After Inflation Fuels Rate Fears
People walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on March 2, 2023. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BEIJING—Global stock markets declined Thursday after signs of enduring upward pressure on U.S. and European prices raised expectations that interest rates will stay higher for longer.

London, Shanghai, Frankfurt, and Tokyo retreated. Oil prices fell.