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What plummeting oil prices mean for the U.S. stock market

Season 2016 Episode 150 | 9m 19s

Another market plunge in China and plummeting oil prices -- which dropped to a staggering $30 a barrel -- fueled a tough week on Wall Street. Judy Woodruff talks to Bradley Olson of The Wall Street Journal and Liz Ann Sonders of Charles Schwab.

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