Economics Limbo
How low can it go?
On Wall Street, the fear refuses to go away.
Stocks plunged on Tuesday afternoon — shedding 200 points in the final hour of trading alone — despite reassurances from the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, that the central bank was prepared to lower interest rates, words that many investors had said they were waiting to hear.
508 points down for the day. How's that bailout working for you?
