利比亞動亂與住房危機

????日期：2011年2月22日

????道瓊斯指數：下跌174點，跌幅1.4%

????利比亞政治動亂不斷升級，石油價格飆升6%，還有糟糕的住房數據，導致美國股市在2月中旬崩盤——這是2011年美國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進入第8天。鑒于利比亞石油產量約占全球石油總產量的2%，投資者擔心，利比亞的抗議示威活動將會波及其他主要石油出產國。此外，標準普爾/凱斯席勒（Standard & Poor /Case-Shiller）房價指數報告顯示，2010年第四季度，美國房市一片慘淡，房價比2009年下跌了4.1%。

????當時，我們并不知道穆阿邁爾?卡扎菲時代即將終結，我們也沒想到，道瓊斯指數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.