European stocks tumbled on Tuesday as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data raised fears about aggressive interest rate hike by the Fed at its upcoming policy meeting, and triggered widespread selling in several sectors.
Data from the U.S. Labor Department showed the consumer price index inched up by 0.1% in August after coming in unchanged in July. Economists had expected consumer prices to edge down by 0.1%.
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