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Mar 25

Why Trump’s latest steps heighten risk of a global trade war

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The world's financial markets are gripped by fear that an escalating trade rift between the United States and China may inflict far-reaching pain.

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Mar 23

S&P records worst week in 2 years, as global stocks tumble due to trade fears

By Marley Jay, Associated Press

Stocks around the world plunged Friday as investors feared that a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, the biggest economies in the world, would escalate.

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Feb 08

Watch 3:39
What we can learn from past stock market crashes

By Paul Solman

The stock market took another nerve-wracking ride on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrials dropping more than 1,000 points. One explanation of this week's jitters is the idea that market prices are out of whack. So how low could we…

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Feb 08

Dow drops more than 1,000 points as stocks continue to slide

By Associated Press

The market opened little changed on Thursday but started to fall in early trading and extended its losses throughout the morning.

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Feb 06

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Before this week’s roller-coaster trading, the stock market was ‘unusually calm’

By PBS NewsHour

Global markets have been on a roller coaster ride for the past three days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 500 points Tuesday morning, but ended up more than 500 points. John Yang learns more from Neil Irwin…

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Feb 05

Analysis: 5 reasons the market is crashing, and 2 caveats

By Paul Solman

How low could the markets go? After the Crash of '29, the S&P index bottomed out in March of 1933 at around six. In other words, the S&P dropped by more than 80 percent. (The Dow actually fell by almost…

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Feb 05

Dow plunges more than 1,000 points Monday after major drop last week

By Daniel Bush

The Dow dropped by as many as 1,500 points, before rebounding to close the day down nearly 1,200 points.

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Feb 02

Dow falls 666 points, capping worst week on Wall Street in 2 years

By Michael Rios

Investors said the drop was partly due to fears of rising inflation, which could lead to an increase in interest rates in the coming months.

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Mar 02

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Trump’s agenda is fueling investor confidence. Will it last?

By PBS NewsHour

The Dow Jones and other indexes were already doing well when Donald Trump won the presidential election. And the overall jump of recent weeks has accelerated mightily, rising from just above 18,000 on election day to breaking 21,000 this week.

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Jan 29

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Positive fiscal signs amid a slow-growth economy

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The U.S. economy has slowed since the 1990s, but in the final month of President Obama’s term, 156,000 jobs were added and unemployment held at 4.7 percent. As President Donald Trump took office last week, the Dow Jones closed above…

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