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AZUZ: Next, wild swings in the U.S. stock market. Following Monday's historic drop in points for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the index of 30 significant stocks, had its fourth largest gain yesterday. It closed up 567 points after closing down 1,175 points the previous day.

One thing that's important to point out is that while these are historic swings in terms of points, which represent dollar values of different stocks, they're not historic when viewed as percentages. In Monday's decrease, the Dow dropped 4.6 percent. In Tuesday's increase, the Dow rose 2.3 percent. Those percentages are nowhere near the historic market crashes of 1987 or 1929, or the historic margin¹ gains of 1933 or 1931.

Still, there are signs of instability in the stock market and they're watched so closely because that market is one indication of how the U.S. economy is doing and its rises and falls affect markets around the world. American investors² are concerned about wages, inflation, interest rates, which we've explained a bit yesterday. But most analysts³ and the U.S. government say the economy is very strong and they don't appear worried about what this could mean in? the long term.

1 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。