Stocks fell again on Wall Street Friday, capping off the worst weekly drop for the S&P 500 since the start of the pandemic. Investors have grown increasingly worried about rising inflation and how aggressive the Federal Reserve might be in raising interest rates to tamp it down. Historically low rates helped support the broader market as the economy absorbed a sharp hit from the pandemic in 2020 and then recovered over the last two years. The S&P 500 fell 84.79 points, or 1.9 percent, to 4,397.94. The benchmark index has now slipped three straight weeks to start the year. It fell 5.7 percent this week, its worst weekly decline since March of 2020 when the pandemic sent stocks into a bear market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 450.02 points, or 1.3 percent, to 34,265.37 and also fell for its third straight week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 385.10, or 2.7 percent, …
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