via entrepreneur.com
The stock market tanked as the debt-ceiling debate dragged on, and didn't let up even after an agreement was reached. Then ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S.'s debt rating, and all heck broke loose in the financial markets: The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 400 points on Monday -- forcing the Fed on Tuesday to make an unprecedented promise to keep its key short-term interest rate near-zero through 2013. Stocks shot up, as a result. Today, however, those gains have all but disappeared.
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