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Wall Street tumbles on gloomy economic data, bank earnings; Dow slumps 2.3%

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Wall Street's main indexes slid 2% on Wednesday, as a record drop in retail sales and dour first-quarter earnings reports lent weight to forecasts for the biggest economic slump since the Great Depression.

U.S. retail sales plunged 8.7% in March, setting up consumer spending for its worst decline in decades, while a separate survey showed manufacturing activity in New York state plunged in April to its lowest in the series' history.

Bank of America, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Citigroup Inc fell between 2.2% and 4.6% as they joined JPMorgan Chase & Co and Wells Fargo & Co in setting aside billions to cover potential loan losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic.

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