{"id":129134,"date":"2022-09-01T19:37:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=129134"},"modified":"2022-09-01T19:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:37:03","slug":"stocks-dive-after-federal-reserve-chairman-warns-of-pain-to-tame-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/stocks-dive-after-federal-reserve-chairman-warns-of-pain-to-tame-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks dive after Federal Reserve chairman warns of "pain" to tame inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"
New York (CNN Business)<\/cite>New month. Same old market volatility. <\/p>\n Stocks were mixed (but mostly lower) on the first day of September and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are now on track for a five-day losing streak that started with the market’s swoon in late August. Investors are worried about the upcoming jobs report, inflation and interest rates, earnings and new economic tension between the United States and China. It’s been downhill for stocks since then. The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index has edged back into Fear territory as well.<\/p>\n Investors will be keeping a close eye on Friday’s August jobs report for further clues about interest rates. Economists are predicting that 300,000 jobs were added last month. <\/p>\n
\nThe Dow was up by about 50 points, or 0.2%, in late afternoon trading Thursday. If the Dow finishes higher, it would be the first gain in five days. Last Friday, the Dow plunged more than 1,000 points after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggested the central bank was still not done with aggressive rate hikes as it seeks to get inflation under control…even if that causes “some pain.” <\/p>\n<\/ul>\n
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