Inflation and interest-rate worries batter indexes
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Stocks fell sharply for a second day on Wednesday after data showing higher-than-expected labor costs stoked worries about inflation and interest rates.
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The Federal Reserve tried to soothe Wall Streetâs nerves on Wednesday, but a fund manager frayed them by warning that two pillars of the financial markets might crumble.
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Americans are worried about the economy and fear housing woes and war spending could spark a recession, despite the interest rate cut this week that sent stock markets soaring.
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US and European stocks were hit by a new bout of nerves on Tuesday as economic reports and the minutes of the latest meeting of the US Federal Reserve forced investors to focus on the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on the wider economy.
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Stock index futures fell on Friday  before data on a key measure of inflation, which the Federal  Reserve reaffirmed was its top economic concern.
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U.S. shares are expected to fall on  Thursday as investors wrestle with worries about inflation,  interest rates and economic growth, with economically sensitive  sectors such as technology likely to be hurt again.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation risks remain to the upside, suggesting equity investors should not count on an interest rate cut spurring stocks higher in the near future.
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Stocks tumbled on Thursday as Treasury yields surged above 5 percent, reinforcing fears that global inflation would force borrowing costs to rise.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday after  minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting in December showed  policy-makers were concerned that interest rates were still too  low to forestall inflation.
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This week's flood of readings on inflation, retail sales and earnings is just what a data-hungry Wall Street has been anxious for.
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Worries about commodity prices and  interest rates will resurface next week, as investors comb  through more economic data for clues about how much inflation  may be affecting the U.S. economy.
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NEW YORK, June 29 -- U.S. stocks ended the second quarter awash in uncertainty Friday, with worries over rising interest rates, inflation and housing-market troubles putting the brakes on a go-go sentiment that had dominated Wall Street during much of spring.
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Stocks fell for a third straight day on Thursday after a sharp jump in Treasury debt yields stirred concerns about inflation and higher interest rates that threatened to squeeze corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks fell for a second day on   Thursday as fears over inflation and higher interest rates   combined with signs of further weakness in the housing market   softened demand for equities.
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Growing fears of a US recession and increased worries about the outlook for the financial sector triggered a rout in Asian and European equity markets on Monday. Many indices suffered their biggest one-day declines since September 2001.
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Stocks swooned on Friday on concerns that surging inflation may prevent the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates enough to pull the economy out of the grip of a housing and credit crisis.
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes each dropped by more than 2 percent on Tuesday after minutes from the August 7 Federal Reserve policy meeting showed growing concerns about housing and the consumer even before credit market turmoil picked up speed.