利比亞動(dòng)亂與住房危機(jī)

????日期：2011年2月22日

????道瓊斯指數(shù)：下跌174點(diǎn),，跌幅1.4%

????利比亞政治動(dòng)亂不斷升級(jí)，石油價(jià)格飆升6%,，還有糟糕的住房數(shù)據(jù),，導(dǎo)致美國(guó)股市在2月中旬崩盤——這是2011年美國(guó)股市遭受的首次重大打擊,。2月22日，利比亞反政府示威活動(dòng)進(jìn)入第8天,。鑒于利比亞石油產(chǎn)量約占全球石油總產(chǎn)量的2%,，投資者擔(dān)心，利比亞的抗議示威活動(dòng)將會(huì)波及其他主要石油出產(chǎn)國(guó),。此外，標(biāo)準(zhǔn)普爾/凱斯席勒（Standard & Poor /Case-Shiller）房?jī)r(jià)指數(shù)報(bào)告顯示,，2010年第四季度,，美國(guó)房市一片慘淡，房?jī)r(jià)比2009年下跌了4.1%,。

????當(dāng)時(shí)，我們并不知道穆阿邁爾?卡扎菲時(shí)代即將終結(jié)，我們也沒想到,，道瓊斯指數(shù)1.4%的跌幅只不過是2011年的“開胃小菜”而已,。

Turmoil in Libya and the housing crisis

????Date: February 22, 2011

????Dow: -174, down 1.4%

????Escalating political unrest in Libya, a 6% spike in oil prices, and weak housing numbers all contributed to a stock market rout in mid-February -- the first big hit to U.S. stocks this year. It was the eighth day of anti-government protests in Libya, which produces about 2% of the world's oil, and investors feared that protests would hit other major oil providing countries. On top of this, a report from the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index showed the last quarter of 2010 turned out to be a dismal one for national home prices, which fell 4.1% from 2009.

????Little did we know then that Muammar Qaddafi's days were numbered and that a 1.4% slide in the Dow would soon feel quaint.