Carney on worst market drop since 2008: “Markets go up and down”
C.J. Ciaramella
The Daily Caller
8/4/2011
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 512 points Thursday, erasing this year’s market gains, but the White House had little to say besides “markets go up and down.”
“I don’t have a specific reaction to the market. Markets go up and down,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
“There is no question that we have — this economy has faced headwinds this year, a variety of them including the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the increase in oil prices, energy prices that resulted from the unrest in the Arab world and the situation in Europe, also,” Carney said. “So, our focus has to be on the things that we control which is to take the necessary measures.”
Today’s 4.31 percent drop put the Dow below 11,500 and is the worst one-day loss since October 2008, when the Dow slid by 679 points.
But the stock market also did something it hasn’t done in more than 33 years: decline for nine straight sessions. Today’s drop is the worst since Feb. 22, 1978, when Jimmy Carter was president.
Tomorrow the Obama administration will release its job creation and unemployment figures for July.
Related: Dow’s losing streak now in ninth day Commentary: Dow’s losing streak unmatched since 1978
(8/3/2011)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — The stock market is poised today to do something it has not done in over 33 years: Decline for nine straight sessions.
The last time the Dow Jones Industrial Average did that, in fact, was Feb. 22, 1978, when Jimmy Carter was president and the country was struggling to come to grips with a period of anemic economic growth and high inflation.Isn’t it comforting to know that we’ve made such progress over the last three decades?…
Update: Flashback to 12 July: With No Debt Deal, Stock Market Will Plummet
Update 2: Carney: “The White House Doesn’t Create Jobs” at Weasel Zippers where Zip observes, “Note to the GOP, this is your money shot ad in 2012.”
