NEW YORK CITY — The U.S. stock market went into a panic attack this week, sending the Dow spiraling down into its biggest point drop in history.<br /><br />The Washington Post reports that on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went negative after dropping 1,175 points or 4.6%.<br /><br />The sell-off began after the Department of Labor released its monthly report detailing the addition of 200,000 more jobs and a 2.9% increase in wages.<br /><br />The robust report likely worried investors into thinking inflation would rise quickly, stoking fears that the Federal Reserve would then keep it in check by raising interest rates up to 3%.<br /><br />Fortunately, at least for now, those fears are exactly that- fears.Experts say the U.S. economy is in good shape, and while stock prices probably won't be skyrocketing anytime soon, they probably won't be crashing either.
