Stock Market News Today: Equities Tumble on Hot Inflation Data
Stocks dropped as January's CPI came in higher than expected, providing the Federal Reserve with a reason to keep interest rates up.
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Stocks dropped as January's CPI came in higher than expected, providing the Federal Reserve with a reason to keep interest rates up.
The US economy is the weakest its ever been outside an official recession, according to one measure, BlackRock strategists said.
"I just don't see how the US can avoid an economic slowdown as that whole process comes to an end," Sam Zell told CNBC about the Fed's aggressive rate hikes.
There's only a 25% chance that inflation will steadily falling from here, according to top economist Mohamed El-Erian.
A recession is coming, but the S&P 500 could still rebound by the end of the year, according to one Evercore strategist.