KQED Nightly Business Report January 15, 2015
Economy. The big driver for todays selloff is retail sales despite deep discounts, lower gas prices and a robust labor market. Combined with more volatility and oil prices and a lower forecast for Global Economic growth sent stocks on another wild ride. The dow cut an early 350 point loss in half ending the session down 186 points. The nasdaq lower by 22 and the s p was down 11 points. In the bond market the yield on 30 year treasuries hit record lows while the yield on the benchmark ten year note hit the lowest level in nearly two years. Crude bounced between losses and gains spiking higher i...