The experts' uncertainty about which way the U.S. economy is going was nowhere more sharply reflected than on Wall Street's stock market. Like a ballplayer trying to work out his muscle kinks with knee bends, the Big Board bounced up and down last week; market leaders in steel, oil and aircraft tumbled as much as 2½ points in a day. On Monday, the Dow-Jones industrial average skidded 9.25 points to 478.95, for the market's sharpest break in nearly two years. Though intermittent rallies flickered across the floor at midweek, they could not make up the loss. More selling pushed stocks lower...
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