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

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The Associated Press

December 18, 2024, 4:01 PM ET

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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.