Fog Blog U.S. News Log: Dow Plunges Most of the Week Amid Coronavirus:

THIS WAS THE WORST WEEK EVER FOR THE DOW AMID ECONOMIC FEARS BROUGHT ON BY THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.......WITH MANY DAYS DOWN AT OR ALMOST 1000 PTS.!.........The worst week for the Dow was the 18.15% drop during the period ended Oct. 10, 2008, according to Dow Jones Market Data and data from FactSet. Thursday's slide represents the Dow's quickest decline into correction from a record close, since the nine trading sessions ended Feb. 8, 2018.