Via WaPo: Stocks dip as lawmakers remain at standoff on raising US debt limit; Dow falls for fourth day:
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 198.75 points, or 1.7 percent, to 12,302.55, its biggest one-day drop since early June. It has fallen for four days straight.
The S&P 500 fell 27.05 points, or 2 percent, to 1,304.89. The technology-focused Nasdaq composite index fell 75.17 points, or 2.7 percent, to 2,764.79, its worst day in five months.
The Dow is headed for its worst weekly decline in nearly a year and is now 4 percent below the 2011 high it reached on April 29. The S&P, which serves as a benchmark for most mutual funds, is also down 4 percent from its recent peak.
Perhaps these numbers will get the attention of the intransigent in Congress?
We shall see.
There are only 3 trading days left until the deadline.
