Recession fear grips Australia, NZ stock markets <!-- no image --> <div>Australian and New Zealand shares fell sharply on Thursday as investors sold off equities globally in search of safety after a drop in a U.S. bond yield curve highlighted the risk of recession.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=YS09QMoETaU:50BcDf4AUaU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=YS09QMoETaU:50BcDf4AUaU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=YS09QMoETaU:50BcDf4AUaU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=YS09QMoETaU:50BcDf4AUaU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=YS09QMoETaU:50BcDf4AUaU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/YS09QMoETaU" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters