UPDATE: Stock fall as lawmakers remain at odds over debt
NEW YORK — Stocks plunged today as the United States edged closer to an unprecedented default on its debt. The Dow Jones industrial average was headed for its worst weekly decline in nearly a year.
The Dow fell 207 points, or 1.7 percent, to 12,292 in afternoon trading, its biggest one-day drop since early June.
The S&P 500 fell 25 points, or 1.9 percent, to 1,307. The Nasdaq composite index fell 71 points, or 2.5 percent, to 2,769.
Stocks traded lower all day. The declines worsened in the afternoon after the Federal Reserve released a survey showing that the economy deteriorated in much of the country this summer. The economy slowed in seven of the Fed's 12 regions because of weak home sales and a slowdown in manufacturing.
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