US stocks set to fall before key jobs figures

Story date: 2008-03-06 03:58:00
Added on: 2008-03-09 15:00:59

Reuters - Record high credit spreads, record rates of U.S. mortgage foreclosures in late 2007 and news "jumbo" mortgage lender Thornburg Mortgage was in default pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 .SPX index to its lowest in 18 months on Thursday.


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