Not very merry: US stocks plunge before Christmas
President Donald Trump’s attack on the Federal Reserve spooked financial markets on Christmas Eve, raising fears about an uncertain future should the White House try to undermine or remove the head of the U.S. central bank.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin calls to the top executives at six major banks Sunday in an attempt to stabilize jittery markets had the opposite effect.The major indexes on Wall Street fell another 2 percent Monday, making it very possible that the market […]
