what they can get. this bill, about $60 for all of this. we got about 60 cents off. jose? the stock market is, boy, reeling. the s&p 500 posted the worst first half since nixon was president. what s going on? reporter: yeah, jose, this has been the worst first half of the markets in 50 years and inflation is the driving force. the s&p down 20% on the year so far. the tech focused nasdaq down 30% on the year so far. and a lot of this has to do with consumer spending and how people feel about the economy. the retailer kohl s has had a difficult day so far, by the way, drops about 20% so far this morning because it announced that it s bailing out on that planned sale of itself to franchise group which owns vitamin shop and other small retailers. the reason i m telling you all of this is because it s driven by inflation and what they say are volatile market conditions. and so you ve got kohl s and other major retailers also
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