for the faint of heart. i knew it was coming, you know, i didn t think our federal government could keep spending money like it has been and to ignore the deficit. we have to pay the credit card one day. reporter: after waiting and waiting for the economy to recover, it s tough to hear it s going to take longer. it s hard. it s not like when he graduated from school and to get a job, it s not easy and people are getting like with the opposite job and hard to get a job. reporter: high unemployment is not the only thing dragging down the market. investors are looking at the probabilities of the global economy slowing down and that means fewer people buying things and more businesses struggling for profit and there is one thing in all of this that is good for consumers. while there is a lot of volatility on the positive side, interest rates are going to remain low for some time and that does afford courages some sayings when they re saving when is they re borrowing
and sound. reporter: and here s another indicator of how much shelter people are seeking. gold prices hit another record at 1.18 an ounce. how does europe stocks affect us in the u.s.? we re in the global economy now. there is trade and banking and multinational companies. there is concern that there is some of the banks in the united states. we don t know how much exposure they have to some of the european dents, the europe debts, the european country. there is concern if they re not able to pay the debts, some of the banks will have financial trouble as well and a slowing economy in europe and that does not mean good thing for american companies. a lot of companies do sell overseas and that means if they re having the problems over there, there is fewer sales for us here and it s intertwineed, shawn and we re not going to untwine it. and we re on pins and needles with this one. thank you. we re following new developments in afghanistan. following last weekend s