KQED Nightly Business Report January 31, 2017
Middle Eastern Countries with muslim majority populations. The move caused confusion, legal challenges, criticism and according to some analysts, it increases uncertainty in the markets. Today the Dow Jones Industrial average fell to 19,951. The nasdaq was off 47. And the s p 500 dropped 13. The lousy start to the week follows dows historic topping of 20,000 a few days ago. The rally since the election was sparked by the expectations that pro growth policies like tax cuts would be enacted fairly quickly. But as bob reports, there is growing concern among investors that washingtons focus is shi...