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European markets experience significant declines
the European stock markets traded with significant declines as anxiety over the highly-anticipated U.S. jobs report and the weakening banking sector overshadowed the positive news of better-than-expected growth data from the U.K.

DAX index in Germany traded 1.7% lower, the CAC 40 in France dipped 1.9% and the FTSE 100 in the U.K. fell 1.6%.

As the U.S.Nonfarm payrolls release approaches, investors are exhibiting caution, particularly since Powell has cited this metric as a crucial factor in shaping the Fed's perspective.
Despite an anticipated slowdown in nonfarm payrolls growth to 205,000 from January's exceptional 517,000, the chance of another positive outcome remains plausible, considering Powell's hawkish stance.
The market is currently predicting a 0.5% interest rate hike during the Fed's March, a significant acceleration from the 0.25% increase at the start of February.

Crude oil prices experienced a decline and are on track for their most substantial weekly drop in five weeks, fuelled by apprehensions that significant interest rate hikes in the United States will impede economic growth and, as a result, reduce demand for oil in the world's most extensive consumer market.

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