How Trump Triggered a Stock Market Sell-Off

THE MARKET DECLINE continues unabated. On March 10th, America’s S&P 500 index experienced a further drop of 3%, bringing the widely monitored stock market down nearly 9% from its peak last month. The NASDAQ, which is heavily influenced by technology companies, has seen a decline of 13%. This is far from the promising new era of American economic expansion that President Donald Trump envisioned.