Investors Brace for a Global Slowdown

The insufficient job creation, stagnant earnings and alarming long-term unemployment highlighted by Mayâ??s disheartening jobs report underscore Americaâ??s persistent unemployment crisis. The numbers also speak to a synchronized slowdown that is now taking hold of the global economy â?? a phenomenon that is being signaled by virtually every other data release out of Europe, the U.S. and emerging countries.