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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Wall Street Plunges After Fed Hikes Interest Rates

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Russian troops have broken into part of the Mariupol steel plant. Will the remaining innocent Ukrainians trapped inside actually be given a chance to get out alive? Then, how a little pill could be the next target for the anti-abortion movement when and if Roe v. Wade fails. Plus, a huge selloff on Wall Street today as the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P take huge hits. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Last stand in a key Ukrainian city, the lead starts right now.

0:06.1

Russian troops have broken into part of the Mariopoul steel plants, but will the remaining

0:11.6

innocent Ukrainians trapped inside actually be given a chance to get out alive then?

0:18.7

How this little pilt could be the next target for the anti-abortion movement when and if

0:24.8

Roe v. Wade fails. Plus, tragic new figures about just how many people died from COVID around

0:31.4

the world turns out the suspected death toll is higher than reported much higher.

0:38.6

This is CNN Breaking News.

0:42.1

Welcome to the lead-up, Jake Tapper, and we start with breaking news in our money lead

0:45.4

a huge sell-off on Wall Street today. The Dow just closing down 1059 points, the Nasdaq

0:52.8

and S&P also taking huge hits. The loss is coming one day after big gains. Let's get

0:58.4

to CNN's Richard Quest, the host of Questvines Business. Richard, what is behind today's

1:03.4

massive sell-off?

1:05.5

Reality check, Jake. The reality that the Fed is going to have to raise rates and maybe

1:11.4

harder and faster than anybody thought and that is going to slow the economy. Now, there

1:17.8

are many economists who have said, duh, we knew that was coming. Why all of a shock?

1:22.8

The reason is because there had been a hope, a prayer, whatever, that they were going to

1:28.2

get this soft landing. It's looking less likely now and that means inflation will be

1:33.5

remain high for the foreseeable future. We may see an uptick in unemployment over the

1:38.3

longer term and we may see a recession into next year. That reality has finally dawned

1:44.8

on the market. Richard, should we continue to expect stocks to stay in this rollercoaster

1:50.1

pattern for the immediate future?

1:52.5

Absolutely. Take that to the bank. The market is looking for a bottom. It's looking to

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