WETA Nightly Business Report August 16, 2010
captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. more jitters in the financial markets today about the outlook for the global economy. tom, investors stayed away from stocks and poured money into bonds-- what they consider a safe haven. >> tom: as a result, susie, the yield on the ten-year treasury fell to its lowest level since march of 2009. falling rates are a sign of a weak economy. the yield on the ten-year is just below 2.60%. to put that in perspective, it was 4% earlier this year when many experts were more optimistic about the u.s. economy. >> susie: meanwhile, ...
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