Ultra-fast trading blamed for 'flash crash'

• Bank of England official fears second crash • Haldane blames high frequency trades for Dow plunge One of the Bank of England's most senior policymakers has called for "circuit breakers" to be installed on stock markets to avoid another collapse in shares similar to the so-called "flash crash" of March 2010 . The 20-minute collapse saw the Dow Jones industrial average plunge by 998 points ...

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