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Investors scramble as the S&P 500 dives into bear market territory

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English - May 20, 2022 22:56 - 5 minutes - 10.1 MB - ★★★★ - 967 ratings
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Financial markets closed out the week with yet another head-spinning day, with one of the main indexes, the S&P 500, plunging for almost three hours into bear market territory, signifying a drop of 20 percent or more from its prior record. Jason Furman, an economist at the Harvard Kennedy School who served as a top adviser to President Obama, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders