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Wall Street ends sharply lower on bank contagion fears

Summary Companies First Republic Bank tumbles on suspending dividend SVB Financial seeks bankruptcy protection FedEx jumps on full-year profit forecast…

Banks sought record Fed liquidity in wake of SVB collapse

NEW TOOLS BALANCE SHEET UPSWING

U.S. labor market remains tight; housing market stabilizing

Summary Companies Weekly jobless claims drop 20,000 to 192,000 Continuing claims decrease 29,000 to 1.684 million Single-family housing starts increase…