Reuters - Stocks skidded 3 percent on Thursday, extending losses for a fourth day as a gloomy outlook from the Federal Reserve and weak data from China heightened fears of a global recession.[Read more...]
NEW YORK—Investors staged a flight from risk in global markets as investors pressured stocks and sent 10-year Treasury yields to 1940s levels after a gloomy outlook by the Federal Reserve renewed fears of a global economic slowdown. In a move dubbed “Operation Twist,” the Fed announced Wednesday it would increase the share of [...]
AP - Stocks are opening sharply lower after the Federal Reserve indicated that the U.S. economic slump could last for years.[Read more...]
Reuters - Stocks fell sharply at the open on Thursday, extending losses for a third day, as a grim outlook from the Federal Reserve and downbeat data in Europe and China heightened fears about a global recession.[Read more...]
Reuters - World stocks hit a fresh one-year low on Thursday and investors poured money into safer currencies and government bonds after the Federal Reserve gave a grim outlook for the U.S. economy and China’s manufacturing slowed.[Read more...]
Reuters - The S&P 500 stock index fell more than 2 percent on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said the economic outlook remains grim, even as it acted to boost economic demand.[Read more...]
Reuters - Stocks slipped on Wednesday as cautious investors were skeptical that the Federal Reserve would offer any positive surpises with actions to further stimulate the faltering economy.[Read more...]
NEW YORK—U.S. stocks fell as investors absorbed a barrage of downbeat corporate headlines ahead of a statement on monetary policy from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 48 points, or 0.4%, to 11359. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index shed 8 points, or 0.7%, to 1193 and the Nasdaq Composite added [...]
Reuters - Stocks drifted lower on Wednesday as investors were reluctant to place bets ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve announcement that is expected to present some action to speed up a lagging recovery.[Read more...]
NEW YORK—U.S. stock futures drifted just below unchanged levels as investors moved cautiously ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy statement. Associated Press A trader at the New York Stock Exchange. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 15 points lower at 11320. The Dow erased intraday gains of as much as 149 points on [...]
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