2026-03-07
5 分钟Hey listeners, it's Saturday, March 7th.
I'm Hannah Erin Lang for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets,
our look at the biggest moves of the week and the news that drove them.
So let's get into it.
This was a really rough week for markets.
Stocks declined this week, and they are now very solidly in the red this year.
Investors have a lot of negative headlines to contend with.
Of course, the biggest story is war in the Middle East.
A widening conflict that began when the United States attacked Iran this past Saturday is threatening to send shockwaves across the global economy.
That would be a lot for Wall Street to digest on its own.
But let's not forget that markets didn't exactly start this past week on the strongest footing.
We still have these lingering concerns about artificial intelligence.
Investors spent a lot of last month worrying that AI could erase jobs or upend entire industries in ways we might not be prepared for.
And to top it all off, Friday's job support was a lot worse than expected.
The U.S.
economy lost 92,000 jobs.
One big fear among investors is that we could see stagflation take shape.
That's when economic growth stalls but prices still rise,
which could also put the Federal Reserve in a tight spot when it comes to deciding whether to cut or hold interest rates.
Not great.