Stocks & Bonds: Fears on Inflation and Jobs Give 2008 a Stumbling Start
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When the closing bell rang on Friday, the Dow Jones industrials had fallen 256.54 points, nearly 2 percent, to 12,800.18.
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Latest data points to sluggish growth while bond investors fear inflation.
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Forecasters said on average that there was a 47 percent chance the economy would shrink in the first quarter of 2008. Reading between the lines, recession is now unavoidable.
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Anxiety over high inflation sent bond prices falling today and pushed the interest rate on the benchmark United States Treasury note above 5 percent for the first time since last summer.
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The federal retirement savings board's first meeting of 2008 began yesterday morning on an ominous note, with reports of a roiling stock market and an emergency interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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For anyone who is worried about the economy, 2008 is off to a lousy start.
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Business & money: Fears grow of market turbulence stunting global growth.
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U.S. stocks and bonds fell on Tuesday  as a jump in producer prices sparked worries about inflation  and aggressive interest-rate hikes.
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Fears about the possibility of a recession in the US economy send Asian shares falling.
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Business & money: Wall Street threatened by crumbling housing market.
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Amid growing recession fears, itâs only natural that U.S. investors are a little spooked.  But how do you explain that foreign stocks are off to an even worse start in 2008?
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Investor's Business Daily - The economy will be "very weak" for several months and grow modestly in '08, but inflation remains a concern, said Richmond Fed chief Jeffrey Lacker. "I am uncomfortable with the inflation picture. ... If energy prices fail to decline, monetary policy decisions will be that much more difficult in 2008," he said. Lacker, who doesn't have a vote in policy decisions this year, is a well-known inflation hawk.
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U.S. stocks sank on Wednesday, with the Dow getting off to its worst-ever start to a year, after data showed a surprise contraction in manufacturing and oil surged to $100 a barrel, raising the specter of stagflation.
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Business & money: Weakening house prices and soft consumer spending set to make 2008 worst year since early 1990s
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Older investors are facing tough economic realities as a result of the disappointing United States stock market this year.
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Bonds of U.S. banks and brokers, among the worst performers last year, should turn around in 2008, helped by interest rate cuts and capital infusions, Bank of America strategists said on Thursday.
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Stocks tanked Wednesday afternoon, the first trading day of 2008, as oil and gold prices at record highs and a report showing contraction in the manufacturing sector raised worries about the threat of a recession.