Five Days That Transformed Wall Street: Sept. 15 - 19, 2008

The Dow Jones industrial average, which jumped between massive losses and gains, closed Friday, Sept. 19 up 3.4 percent after the Bush administration proposed an unprecedented $500 billion bailout for financial firms in direct response to the mortgage crisis. How the week unfolded:

SOURCE: Bloomberg | GRAPHIC: By Brenna Maloney and Todd Lindeman, The Washington Post; Photo by Mary Altaffer, Associated Press - September 20, 2008

This Story Five Days That Transformed Wall Street: Sept. 15 - 19, 2008 Graphic \| The Dow Jones industrial average, which jumped between massive losses and gains, closed Friday, Sept. 19 up 3.4 percent after the Bush administration proposed an unprecedented $500 billion bailout for financial firms in direct response to the mortgage crisis. How the week unfolded: Historic Market Bailout Set in Motion THE ECONOMY: Congress Members Seek Bailout Details Bailout Is As Big as Budget for Pentagon CONVINCING CONGRESS: A Joint Decision to Act: It Must Be Big and Fast Tossing Aside History, Conventions and a Few Cliches Transcript: Bush Remarks on Financial Crisis U.S. Stock Markets Soar on Financial Rescue Plan Friday, Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. ET: Planet Money's Take on the Week in Financial Turmoil Bush: Economy Stable Despite Financial Crisis What the Candidates Can Do Bush Urges Congress to Enact Rescue Package ON ALERT IN ASIA: Japan, China Locked In by Investments Predictify: Where Will the Dow Close Next Friday? Predictify: Where Will the S&P; Close Next Friday? The Pieces of the Package MORTGAGE FINANCE: 4 Fannie Executives Quit; Pay Revamped This Story Bailout Is Bigger Than Pentagon's Budget Article \| The $700 billion that the U.S. government estimates that it will cost to buy the risky investments of financial institutions in coming months approaches is more than what it costs to run the Pentagon for a year. Washington Readies Sea Change for Wall Street Five Days That Transformed Wall Street: Sept. 15 - 19, 2008 Tossing Aside History, Conventions and a Few Cliches What the Candidates Can Do Bush Urges Congress to Enact Rescue Package MORTGAGE FINANCE: 4 Fannie Executives Quit; Pay Revamped The Pieces of the Package ON ALERT IN ASIA: Japan, China Locked In by Investments U.S. Stock Markets Soar on Financial Rescue Plan THE ECONOMY: Congress Members Seek Bailout Details CONVINCING CONGRESS: A Joint Decision to Act: It Must Be Big and Fast Transcript: Bush Remarks on Financial Crisis Predictify: Where Will the Dow Close Next Friday? Transcript: Managing Personal Finances Amidst Wall Street Turmoil Predictify: Where Will the S&P; Close Next Friday?		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace del.icio.us NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Business News » washingtonpost.com
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