US stocks fall to their second-worst drop of the year on diminished hopes for 2025 rate cuts. Dow drops 1,100 points

US stocks fall to their second-worst drop of the year on diminished hopes for 2025 rate cuts. Dow drops 1,100 points

ByThe Associated Press
December 18, 2024, 4:01 PM

NEW YORK -- US stocks fall to their second-worst drop of the year on diminished hopes for 2025 rate cuts. Dow drops 1,100 points.