Wall Street slumps as investors fear bigger Fed rate hikes

Dow drops over 1,000 points; Nasdaq sinks nearly 5%

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Major stock indexes tumbled sharply Thursday as fears of aggressive monetary tightening spread.  © Reuters

(Reuters) -- U.S. stocks closed Thursday sharply lower as investor sentiment cratered in the face of concerns that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike would not be enough to tame surging inflation.

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